Stormy Weather: Middle-Class African American Marriages between the Two World Wars

The so-called New Negroes of the period between World Wars I and II embodied a new sense of racial pride and upward mobility for the race. Many of them thought that relationships between spouses could be a crucial factor in realizing this dream. But there was little agreement about how spousal relationships should actually function in an ideal New Negro marriage. Shedding light on an often-overlooked aspect of African American social history, Anastasia C. Curwood explores the public and private negotiations over gender relationships inside marriage that consumed upwardly mobile black Americans between 1918 and 1942.

Author: Anastasia C. Curwood
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/01/2013
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781469609812

About the Author
Anastasia C. Curwood is assistant professor of African American and diaspora studies at Vanderbilt University.