Interracial Couples, Intimacy, and Therapy: Crossing Racial Borders

Interracial Couples, Intimacy, and Therapy: Crossing Racial Borders
ISBN-10
0231132956
ISBN-13
9780231132954
Category
Psychology
Pages
280
Language
English
Published
2013-10-15
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Kyle D. Killian

Description

Grounded in the personal narratives of twenty interracial couples with multiracial children, this volume uniquely explores interracial couples’ encounters with racism and discrimination, partner difference, family identity, and counseling and therapy. It intimately portrays how race, class, and gender shape relationship dynamics and a partner’s sense of belonging. Assessment tools and intervention techniques help professionals and scholars work effectively with multiracial families as they negotiate difference, resist familial and societal disapproval, and strive for increased intimacy. The book concludes with a discussion of interracial couples in cinema and literature, the sensationalization of multiracial relations in mass media, and how to further liberalize partner selection across racial borders.

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