{"product_id":"dating-divide-race-and-desire-in-the-era-of-online-romance-9780520293458","title":"Dating Divide Race and Desire in the Era of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe data behind a distinct form of racism in online dating.   The Dating Divide is the first comprehensive look at digital-sexual racism,a distinct form of racism that is mediated and amplified through the impersonal and anonymous context of online dating. Drawing on large-scalebehavioral data from a mainstream dating website, extensive archival research, and more than seventy-fivein-depth interviews with daters of diverse racial backgrounds and sexual identities, Curington, Lundquist, and Lin illustrate how the seemingly open space of the internet interacts with theloss of social inhibition in cyberspace contexts, fostering openly expressed forms of sexual racism that arerarely exposed in face-to-face encounters.The Dating Divide is a fascinating look at how a contemporary conflux of individualization, consumerism, and the proliferation of digital technologies hasgiven rise to a unique form of gendered racism in the era of swiping rightor left.   The internet is often heralded as an equalizer, a seemingly level playing field,but the digital world also acts as an extension ofand platform forthe insidious prejudices and divisive impulses that affect social politics in the realworld. Shedding light on how every click, swipe, or message can be linked to the history of racism and courtship in the United States, thiscompelling study uses datato showthe racial biases at play in digital dating spaces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Dating Divide\u003c\/i\u003e claims that online dating creates a sort of apartheid, where individuals can filter, reject or simply ignore certain groups. . . . This original, thought-provoking, engaging book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring how racism seeps into every area of our lives.\" * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dating Divide\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eadds historical background and in-depth interviews to explain where our dating biases come from\u003ci\u003e. . . . \u003c\/i\u003eA useful and thoughtful contribution to the literature, and well worth reading.\" * Social Forces *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Dating Divide\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique study of online dating, an area not readily studied but significant to modern society. . . . The role of race in these interactions is an important area of examination and will no doubt be increasingly important. . . . Highly recommended.”\u003c\/p\u003e * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Dating Divide\u003c\/i\u003e makes strong empirical interventions…[that] make this text quite useful for teaching about structural racism and its embeddedness in our personal lives in an accessible way.\" * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Dear Tinder, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner\u003cbr\u003e 1. Where Hate Trumps Love: The Birth and Legacy of Antimiscegenation in the United States\u003cbr\u003e 2. From the Back Porch to the Computer Screen: The Rise of Choice in Courtship\u003cbr\u003e 3. New Rules? Gendered Online Engagement\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Privilege Endures: Dating While White in the Era of Online Dating\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Unique Disadvantage: Dating While Black \u003cbr\u003e 6. The Asian Experience: Resistance and Complicity \u003cbr\u003e 7. \"Hey, You’re Latin. Do You Like to Dance?\": The Privilege and Disadvantage of Latino\/a Daters\u003cbr\u003e 8. Postracial Multiracialism: A Challenge to the White Racial Frame?\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Abolishing the Dating Divide \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Data and Methods \u003cbr\u003e Interviews \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402890715479,"sku":"9780520293458","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520293458.jpg?v=1730481787","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dating-divide-race-and-desire-in-the-era-of-online-romance-9780520293458","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}