Experiences and challenges facing interracial couples living in SA

This book provides an understanding of the
challenges and meanings
attached to being in an interracially mixed
relationship. Mixed-
race families and couples have been and will
continue to be marginalized as they challenge the
dominant socially constructed views or discourse
about the family. The discussion of the experiences,
perceptions, challenges and identity construction of
mixed-race couples within the context of the history
of some of the South African race related
legislation (for example: The Population
Registration Act of 1950, The Group Areas
Act of 1950, The Prohibition of Mixed
Marriages Act of 1949 and The Immorality
Act of 1957) provides a unique account of
the process of race mixing. This book offers a
comprehensive and insightful analysis based on
extensive quotations. It provides an understanding
of the processes involved when people break or shift
the racial boundaries between the in-group and the
out-group, and will be invaluable reading to
professionals and scholars in family studies, race
and ethnic studies, family psychology and sociology,
as well as to mixed-race couples, parents and
children.

Autorentext

Mapula E. Mojapelo-Batka, PhD: Clinical Psychologist / Lecturer at the University of South Africa (UNISA). South Africa.

Klappentext

This book provides an understanding of the challenges and meanings attached to being in an interracially mixed relationship. Mixed-race families and couples have been and will continue to be marginalized as they challenge the dominant socially constructed views or discourse about the family. The discussion of the experiences, perceptions, challenges and identity construction of mixed-race couples within the context of the history of some of the South African race related legislation (for example: The Population Registration Act of 1950, The Group Areas Act of 1950, The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 and The Immorality Act of 1957) provides a unique account of the process of race mixing. This book offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis based on extensive quotations. It provides an understanding of the processes involved when people break or shift the racial boundaries between the in-group and the out-group, and will be invaluable reading to professionals and scholars in family studies, race and ethnic studies, family psychology and sociology, as well as to mixed-race couples, parents and children.