Description:
This comparative study seeks to de-center the U.S-centered viewpoint common to much of the literature on Black/White relations. The fieldwork was carried out between 2009 and 2018 among 43 couples in two public universities in Alabama and metropolitan France. The emic approach shows many unexpected parallels between the two societies.
Review Quotes:
'Cécile Coquet-Mokoko's macro and micro approach of interracial marriages on both sides of the Atlantic proves to be a much needed counter-frame in the face of growing political polarization and rampant anti-Black racism in France and the U.S. As France has moved from the postmodern fantasy of métissage10 at the beginning of the century, to the fear of grand remplacement (literally: "Great replacement") now widely discussed by the French media and politicians, one can only hope to see Love Under the Skin translated into French and reach as many readers as possible.'
Fanny Robles in Revue electronique d'Etudes sur le monde Anglopohne