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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... certainly not entirely friendly . ( 157 ) Dear Ma , I felt like a dog , passing you downtown last night and not speaking to you . You were great , though . Didn't give a sign that you even knew me , let alone I was your son . ( 51 ) ...
... certainly not entirely friendly . ( 157 ) Dear Ma , I felt like a dog , passing you downtown last night and not speaking to you . You were great , though . Didn't give a sign that you even knew me , let alone I was your son . ( 51 ) ...
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... certainly would have read Uncle Tom's Cabin , probably would have read Pudd'nhead Wilson , and might even have read Edna Ferber's Show Boat . Many white writers had their biggest successes with what was called " race material . ” 8 In ...
... certainly would have read Uncle Tom's Cabin , probably would have read Pudd'nhead Wilson , and might even have read Edna Ferber's Show Boat . Many white writers had their biggest successes with what was called " race material . ” 8 In ...
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... certainly would have been aware , and even envious , that Edna Ferber had just won the Pulitzer Prize for So Big , which preceded the release of Show Boat . He certainly would have been aware of its adaptation for stage and film ...
... certainly would have been aware , and even envious , that Edna Ferber had just won the Pulitzer Prize for So Big , which preceded the release of Show Boat . He certainly would have been aware of its adaptation for stage and film ...
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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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