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Explores the reach of the law into our most personal and private romantic lives
The Architecture of Desire examines how the law influences our most personal and private choiceswho we desire and choose as intimate partnersand explores the psychological, economic, and social effects of these choices. Romantic preferences, as shaped by law, perpetuate segregation and subordination by limiting, on the basis of race, individuals' prospects for marriage and marriage-like commitments, as well as economic and social mobility.
The book begins by tracing the legacy of slavery, anti-miscegenation, segregation, and racially discriminatory immigration laws to show how this legal landscape facilitated the residential, economic, and social distance between racial and ethnic groups, which in turn continue to shape romantic preferences today. Solangel Maldonado argues that the law further influences intimate choices by structuring the spaces within which individuals meet and

The Architecture of Desire

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      Publisher New York University Press
      Published 5/21/2024
      ISBN-13 9781479812356
      978-1479812356
      ISBN-10 1479812358
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      Sociology: family, kinship and relationships

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Explores the reach of the law into our most personal and private romantic lives
      The Architecture of Desire examines how the law influences our most personal and private choiceswho we desire and choose as intimate partnersand explores the psychological, economic, and social effects of these choices. Romantic preferences, as shaped by law, perpetuate segregation and subordination by limiting, on the basis of race, individuals' prospects for marriage and marriage-like commitments, as well as economic and social mobility.
      The book begins by tracing the legacy of slavery, anti-miscegenation, segregation, and racially discriminatory immigration laws to show how this legal landscape facilitated the residential, economic, and social distance between racial and ethnic groups, which in turn continue to shape romantic preferences today. Solangel Maldonado argues that the law further influences intimate choices by structuring the spaces within which individuals meet and

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