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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... meaning of skin pigmentation . Stein's story falls , in contrast to the above novels , easily into psychological meanings of color . As Milton Cohen demonstrates in " Black Brutes and Mulatto Saints , " Stein's story " clearly links ...
... meaning of skin pigmentation . Stein's story falls , in contrast to the above novels , easily into psychological meanings of color . As Milton Cohen demonstrates in " Black Brutes and Mulatto Saints , " Stein's story " clearly links ...
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... meaning to her liberalism ; and Joe Brown uses him to escape his own poverty . There are various people who require Joe Christmas to give meaning to their lives . This is nowhere clearer than in the townspeople who gather to view the ...
... meaning to her liberalism ; and Joe Brown uses him to escape his own poverty . There are various people who require Joe Christmas to give meaning to their lives . This is nowhere clearer than in the townspeople who gather to view the ...
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... meaning of jazz , while smaller magazines tried to keep pace with the growing complexi- ties of this public discourse ( Collier 9 ) . The many essays that appeared in popular journals as well as trade magazines discussed what meaning ...
... meaning of jazz , while smaller magazines tried to keep pace with the growing complexi- ties of this public discourse ( Collier 9 ) . The many essays that appeared in popular journals as well as trade magazines discussed what meaning ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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