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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... fact is unimportant in the face of belief . " It was a fellow with the circus , " Byron says . " She told him that the man was a Mexican , the daughter told him when he caught her . Maybe that's what the fellow told the gal . But he ...
... fact is unimportant in the face of belief . " It was a fellow with the circus , " Byron says . " She told him that the man was a Mexican , the daughter told him when he caught her . Maybe that's what the fellow told the gal . But he ...
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... fact of passing , in many ways , challenges the essentialist metaphors of “ black ” and “ white ” and romantic beliefs that the outer " face " reflects the inner person . These two beliefs gave strength to the “ one - drop rule ...
... fact of passing , in many ways , challenges the essentialist metaphors of “ black ” and “ white ” and romantic beliefs that the outer " face " reflects the inner person . These two beliefs gave strength to the “ one - drop rule ...
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... fact and fiction . In recognition of the actual events of Ellen's passing and the construc- tion of many significant fictions by Stowe , Brown , and Webb , Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom looks back on a decade of passing . But the ...
... fact and fiction . In recognition of the actual events of Ellen's passing and the construc- tion of many significant fictions by Stowe , Brown , and Webb , Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom looks back on a decade of passing . But the ...
Inhoudsopgave
An Introduction to Passing | 1 |
Theme to Genre | 35 |
How White People Pass | 61 |
Copyright | |
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The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Juda Bennett Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1998 |
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