The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature"How and when does literature most effectively uncover race to be a metaphor? 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."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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They begin with what “ strikes the eye , ” as if race , through phenotypical
markings , asserts itself and controls the construction of their text . The revision in
my library copy more honestly addresses our racialist system which asks color to
stand ...
They begin with what “ strikes the eye , ” as if race , through phenotypical
markings , asserts itself and controls the construction of their text . The revision in
my library copy more honestly addresses our racialist system which asks color to
stand ...
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While other passing stories also allow unstable markings of " race ” — phenotype
, psychology , and spirit — to deconstruct the notion of " race , ” Light in August
assiduously highlights the importance of language in the construction and ...
While other passing stories also allow unstable markings of " race ” — phenotype
, psychology , and spirit — to deconstruct the notion of " race , ” Light in August
assiduously highlights the importance of language in the construction and ...
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In recognition of the actual events of Ellen ' s passing and the construction of
many significant fictions by Stowe , Brown , and Webb , Running A Thousand
Miles For Freedom looks back on a decade of passing . But the events also look ...
In recognition of the actual events of Ellen ' s passing and the construction of
many significant fictions by Stowe , Brown , and Webb , Running A Thousand
Miles For Freedom looks back on a decade of passing . But the events also look ...
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Inhoudsopgave
An Introduction to Passing | 1 |
Nomenclature Metaphor and Narrative | 11 |
Theme to Genre | 35 |
Copyright | |
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The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Juda Bennett Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1998 |
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