Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness / / Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 391 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• Curious acts
• "All mixed up" in New York
• The trial begins
• Passing and the "seemingly absurd question" of race
• Defending the citadel of whiteness from the "awful stain"
• The trial continues : degeneracy, modern love, and "filthy letters"
• "Poor little cupid" and the marriage contract
• Blind love and the visibility of race
• The trial ends.