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 80
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
... rhetoric plays in frustrating or inviting the reader to participate in the
construction of meaning . Perhaps Thurman ' s creation of an extremely “ readerly
text ” recreates the trap that Infants of Spring narrates . 37 . For a contemporary
contrast ...
... rhetoric plays in frustrating or inviting the reader to participate in the
construction of meaning . Perhaps Thurman ' s creation of an extremely “ readerly
text ” recreates the trap that Infants of Spring narrates . 37 . For a contemporary
contrast ...
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Although there are numerous ways to contrast and compare these two figures ,
most useful for our discussion of race is the fact that Lena ' s innocent fertility is
juxtaposed against Christmas ' s parental ( and racial ) unknown . If Regina ...
Although there are numerous ways to contrast and compare these two figures ,
most useful for our discussion of race is the fact that Lena ' s innocent fertility is
juxtaposed against Christmas ' s parental ( and racial ) unknown . If Regina ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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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