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- Title
Interethnic Romantic Relationships: Enacting Affiliative Ethnic Identities.
- Authors
Yodanis, Carrie; Lauer, Sean; Ota, Risako
- Abstract
Through in-depth interviews with respondents who were in interethnic relationships (N = 28), the authors extended and refined a new approach to mate selection based on affiliative ethnic identities (T. Jimenez, 2010). Rather than assimilation and a breakdown of ethnic group boundaries, they found that people pursued interethnic relationships because of the ethnic differences they include. These relationships gave them access to an affiliate ethnic or multicultural identity. This perspective does not challenge but rather complements existing theories of mate selection, including the role of opportunity structures, exchange of benefits, and growing acceptance of or freedom to pursue interethnic relationships. Ethnic differences can remain central as people meet, fall in love, and marry across these differences.
- Subjects
ETHNIC relations; INTERETHNIC dating; ETHNICITY &; society; ETHNIC differences; INTERETHNIC marriage; MATE selection
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 2012, Vol 74, Issue 5, p1021
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01005.x