{"product_id":"the-heart-of-whiteness-normal-sexuality-and-race-in-america-18801940-9780822339489","title":"The Heart of Whiteness  Normal Sexuality and Race","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilded Age elites defined white civilization as the triumphant achievement of exceptional people hewing to a relational ethic of strict self-discipline for the common good. This title demonstrates that between 1880 and 1940, cultural discourses of whiteness and heterosexuality fused to form a new concept of the 'normal' American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant; it has the capacity to transform what we thought we knew about both race and sexuality in the twentieth century. Furthermore, in Julian Carter’s hands ‘normal’ takes on a meaning that is so specific, clear, and historically on-target that nobody will be able to see twentieth-century normality in the same way after reading her book.”—Gail Bederman, author of \u003ci\u003eManliness and Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880–1917\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this smart and provocative book, Julian B. Carter argues that the concept of ‘the normal’ in America results from an interlocking though disavowed set of relationships between whiteness and heterosexuality. . . . Carter’s source materials are well chosen and consistently interesting. . . . This is a brilliant book, certain to invigorate our understanding of whiteness and heterosexuality as they presided at the birth of American normality.” -- Mason Stokes * American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The Search for Norma 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Barbarians Are Not Nervous 42\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Marriage Crisis 75\u003cbr\u003e 3. Birds, Bees, and the Future of the Race: Making Whiteness Normal 118\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Regarding Racial\/Erotic Politics 153\u003cbr\u003e Notes 161\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 195\u003cbr\u003e Index 211","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406045618519,"sku":"9780822339489","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822339489.jpg?v=1730494351","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-heart-of-whiteness-normal-sexuality-and-race-in-america-18801940-9780822339489","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}