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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Pagina 48
Chiaroscuro Much like the romantic and oftentimes melodramatic novels of the
nineteenth century , Nella Larson ' s Passing delights in contrasts of black and
white . Various other colors often are highlighted , but the contrast of black and
white ...
Chiaroscuro Much like the romantic and oftentimes melodramatic novels of the
nineteenth century , Nella Larson ' s Passing delights in contrasts of black and
white . Various other colors often are highlighted , but the contrast of black and
white ...
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In Plum Bun ( 1926 ) , by contrast , the white community encircles the protagonist
, who is divided by the law of color . It is a geography of race that saw " color lines
” everywhere . In Nigger Heaven ( 1926 ) the blacks look down from the ...
In Plum Bun ( 1926 ) , by contrast , the white community encircles the protagonist
, who is divided by the law of color . It is a geography of race that saw " color lines
” everywhere . In Nigger Heaven ( 1926 ) the blacks look down from the ...
Pagina 92
See Robert Rydell ' s All the World ' s A Fair for the ways that the showboat ' s
family contrasts and parallels with the fair ' s universe . 31 . Despite the many
studies on the Great Migration , a short introduction to Joe Trotter ' s The Great ...
See Robert Rydell ' s All the World ' s A Fair for the ways that the showboat ' s
family contrasts and parallels with the fair ' s universe . 31 . Despite the many
studies on the Great Migration , a short introduction to Joe Trotter ' s The Great ...
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An Introduction to Passing | 1 |
Nomenclature Metaphor and Narrative | 11 |
Theme to Genre | 35 |
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The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Juda Bennett Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1998 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Volume 6 van Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Volume 6 van Modern American literature, ISSN 1078-0521 |
| Auteur | Juda Bennett |
| Uitgever | Peter Lang, 1996 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 29 feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0820431141, 9780820431147 |
| Lengte | 142 pagina's |
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