The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American LiteraturePeter Lang, 1996 - 142 pagina's How and when does literature most effectively uncover race to be a mataphor? The passing figure, a light-skinned African-American capable and willing to pass for white, provides the thematic focus to this provocative study. In exploring the social and cultural history of this distinctly American phenomenon, Bennett moves freely between literature, film, and music, arguing that the passing figure is crucial to our understanding of past and present conceptions of race. |
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... Christmas is defined as " the stranger , " " nigger , " and " Negro . " Byron Bunch , providing reflections we might often expect from narrators , sees Joe Christmas's name as significant : And that was the first time Byron remembered ...
... Christmas is defined as " the stranger , " " nigger , " and " Negro . " Byron Bunch , providing reflections we might often expect from narrators , sees Joe Christmas's name as significant : And that was the first time Byron remembered ...
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... Christmas's familiar story of racial confusion , never did command the same interest nor was it ever made into a film . Faulkner's protagonist perhaps was too disturbing , though he was stereotypical with a vengeance . Joe Christmas ...
... Christmas's familiar story of racial confusion , never did command the same interest nor was it ever made into a film . Faulkner's protagonist perhaps was too disturbing , though he was stereotypical with a vengeance . Joe Christmas ...
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... Christmas's racial inheritance . We never see his father . We must trust his Calvinist grandfather , Mr. Hines , who is the only one that is " sure " that Christmas's father is black . Because Hines never truly knows the father and we ...
... Christmas's racial inheritance . We never see his father . We must trust his Calvinist grandfather , Mr. Hines , who is the only one that is " sure " that Christmas's father is black . Because Hines never truly knows the father and we ...
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An Introduction to Passing | 1 |
Theme to Genre | 35 |
How White People Pass | 61 |
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The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Juda Bennett Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1998 |
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