Part I: The Rise of Interracial and Intercultural Unions: History, Regulation and Racialization

Chapter 1: Colonialism and Racialization: Regulation of Mixed-Race Intimacies
Rachel F. Moran

Chapter 2: The Construction of White Supremacy and Its Impact on Interracial Relationships and Mixed-Race Identity
Jody Metcalfe

Chapter 3: Racialization, Racial Stratification and Sexual Racism
C. Winter Han

Chapter 4: Colourism: Skin Colour Stratification
Glenn T. Tsunokai & Elliott J. Windrope

Part II: Interracial, Interethnic and Intercultural Relationships

Chapter 5: Interethnic Romantic Relationships in Indigenous Communities
Amoneeta Beckstein

Chapter 6: Interracial Relationships in Black Communities
Salimata Lala Fall & Sarah Becker

Chapter 7: Interracial and Interethnic Relationships in East Asian Communities
Zheng Mu

Chapter 8: Interracial Relationships in South Asian Communities
Gita Seshadri & Shruti Singh Poulsen

Chapter 9: Interracial Relationships in Middle Eastern and North African Communities
Manijeh Daneshpour & Elham Fathi

Chapter 10: Interracial Relationships in Latine Communities
Jazmín A. Muro

Chapter 11: Interracial Relationships in White Communities: Implications for Identity, Social Support, and Relationship Maintenance
Stephanie E. Afful

Part III: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships in a Global Context

Chapter 12: Romantic Relationships Across Boundaries: Global and Comparative Perspectives
Julia Moses & Julia Woesthoff

Chapter 13: Navigating Borders in Intercultural Relationships: Intersections of Marriage, Migration, and Identity
Viktoriya Kim

Chapter 14: Interracial Relationships in Brazil: History, Culture, and Wellbeing
Maria Carolina Tomás

Chapter 15: Interracial Relationships in Canada: Decolonializing Perspectives and Lived Experiences
Shivon Raghunandan & Roy Moodley

Chapter 16: Interracial Relationships in Denmark: Couples Across Racial/ Ethnic Borders
Rashmi Singla

Chapter 17: Intercultural Relationships and Intermarriages in India: Courageous Attempts at “Unity in Diversity”
Hema Ganapathy-Coleman

Chapter 18: Interethnic Relationships and Marriages in Indonesia: Family Dynamics and Well-Being
Jony Eko Yulianto & Made Diah Lestari

Chapter 19: Intercultural Relationships in Italy: Challenges and Opportunities
Agostino Portera & Marta Milani

Chapter 20: Intercultural Relationships and Marriages in Japan: The Well-Being of Foreign Wives Married to Japanese Men.
Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Kikuko Nagayoshi & Hirohisa Takenoshita

Chapter 21: Intercultural Relationships in Russia: Marital Satisfaction, Mental Health and Wellness
Elena (Yurievna) Chebotareva

Chapter 22: Mixed-Race Relationships in South Africa: Beyond Thinking in Black and White
Tanya Graham

Chapter 23: Intercultural Relations and Intermarriage in Spain: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Dan Rodríguez-García & Joanna L. Freedman

Chapter 24: Intercultural and Mixed Race Relationships in Sweden: History, Societal Attitudes and Mental Health
Nahikari Irastorza, Sayaka Osanami Törngren & Hilda Gustafsson

Chapter 25: Interracial Couples in the United Kingdom: Between Problematization and Ordinariness
Elena Zambelli

Chapter 26: Intercultural Relationships in the United States: The State of Interracial Unions
Rachael A. Dansby Olufowote & Tabitha N. Webster

Part IV: Diversity and Intersectionality in Interracial and Intercultural Relationships

Chapter 27: Race in Intercultural Relationships
Tracy L. Robinson-Wood

Chapter 28: Gender in Intercultural Relationships
Byron Miller & Jennifer Admire

Chapter 29: Queer Interracial Relationships: Theoretical Perspectives and Relationship-Level Outcomes
Christopher-John Godfrey, DaSean Lucas Young & Kimberly Muellers

Chapter 30: Interracial Relationships and Gender Expansive Identities
Ashley “Smash” L. Koenig, Serena Maszak-Prato & Daiyah Williams

Chapter 31: Intercultural Relationships and Religion
Tom “YiLe” Su & Emel Genç

Chapter 32: Interracial Relationships and Disabilities
Alan Santinele Martino & Eleni Moumos

Part V: Border Crossings in Cross Racial and Cross Cultural Pairings and Families

Chapter 33: Families of Intercultural Couples: Relational Foundations and Fractures
Oyenike Balogun

Chapter 34: Parenting Mixed-Race Children
Marguerite Lengyell

Chapter 35: Transracial Adoption in Mixed Race Relationships
Chiền Binh Nhỏ Sơn, Susan Rodriguez Branco & Lisa Ali

Chapter 36: The Search for Interracial Love Online: Black Women’s Experiences
Sarah Adeyinka-Skold & Celeste Vaughan Curington

Chapter 37: Marriages in Time of Global Mobility: Borders, Intimacy and Transnationalism
Francesca Decimo

Part VI: Intercultural Responsive Clinical Practice: Resilience, Mental Health and Well-Being (with case studies)

Chapter 38: Racial Ideologies and Identity in Interracial Relationships
James E. Brooks, Sojung Jang & Jonathan Kang

Chapter 39: The Role of Culture in Intercultural Love and Romantic Relationships
Ekaterina Yurtaeva & Divine Charura

Chapter 40: Navigating Intercultural Differences, Racial Discrimination, and Prejudice
Shruti Singh Poulsen & Gita Seshadri

Chapter 41: Mental Health, Psychosocial Wellness, and Intimacy in Interracial Relationships
Kyle D. Killian

Chapter 42: Social Justice and Advocacy-Based Counselling: Culturally-Responsive Clinical Practice for Interracial Couples
Kelley R. Kenney & Mark E. Kenney