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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... don't know a coloured woman when I see one ? I can tell ' em a mile off . " ( Plum Bun , Jessie Fauset ) intro In his introduction to " Race , " Writing , and Difference , Henry Louis Gates reminds us that " [ w ] hen we speak of ' the ...
... don't know a coloured woman when I see one ? I can tell ' em a mile off . " ( Plum Bun , Jessie Fauset ) intro In his introduction to " Race , " Writing , and Difference , Henry Louis Gates reminds us that " [ w ] hen we speak of ' the ...
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... don't know . He aint never said how he found out , like that never made any difference . And I reckon it didn't , after the next night . " ( 354 , emphasis added ) Doc Hines shoots the Mexican ; the daughter dies giving birth to Joe ...
... don't know . He aint never said how he found out , like that never made any difference . And I reckon it didn't , after the next night . " ( 354 , emphasis added ) Doc Hines shoots the Mexican ; the daughter dies giving birth to Joe ...
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... don't know what you are " ( 363 ) . In the search for identity , Joe Christmas must accept being a “ nigger ” or he is worse than one : he unsuccessfully tries to be “ a voluntary Negro , ” and he tries pass as well . The ambiguity of ...
... don't know what you are " ( 363 ) . In the search for identity , Joe Christmas must accept being a “ nigger ” or he is worse than one : he unsuccessfully tries to be “ a voluntary Negro , ” and he tries pass as well . The ambiguity of ...
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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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