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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... Infants of Spring provides the most thorough critique of " impersonation , " looking at the masks worn by blacks as well as whites . For Thurman , the invention of the New Negro and the creation of a Harlem Renaissance brought both its ...
... Infants of Spring provides the most thorough critique of " impersonation , " looking at the masks worn by blacks as well as whites . For Thurman , the invention of the New Negro and the creation of a Harlem Renaissance brought both its ...
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... Infants of Spring lacks a strong protagonist and feels much like a collection of short stories . 35 Although Raymond certainly may be considered the central and informing consciousness of the novel , as the few critics who have read Infants ...
... Infants of Spring lacks a strong protagonist and feels much like a collection of short stories . 35 Although Raymond certainly may be considered the central and informing consciousness of the novel , as the few critics who have read Infants ...
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... Infants of Spring denies the American dream and refuses to perform blackness for that avaricious myth of the United States . These dreams do not have a place in Harlem . 37 Even Niggerati Manor's most talented artist , Paul Arbian ...
... Infants of Spring denies the American dream and refuses to perform blackness for that avaricious myth of the United States . These dreams do not have a place in Harlem . 37 Even Niggerati Manor's most talented artist , Paul Arbian ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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