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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... skinned blacks dissembling whiteness , or simply allowing themselves to be taken for white , was always phrased as " passing for white . " Not so during the period when Harlem was in vogue . But even 4 The Passing Figure.
... skinned blacks dissembling whiteness , or simply allowing themselves to be taken for white , was always phrased as " passing for white . " Not so during the period when Harlem was in vogue . But even 4 The Passing Figure.
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... passing , " and the " passing figure " can find no better beginning than the insufficiency of terms . 3 " Passing " is an inelegant term that most probably comes from the " pass " given to slaves so that they might travel without being ...
... passing , " and the " passing figure " can find no better beginning than the insufficiency of terms . 3 " Passing " is an inelegant term that most probably comes from the " pass " given to slaves so that they might travel without being ...
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... epigraphs to the chapters come from both black and white authors , providing another sign that Du Bois does indeed " move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas " as well as with " the Black Folk . " This musical 54 The Passing Figure.
... epigraphs to the chapters come from both black and white authors , providing another sign that Du Bois does indeed " move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas " as well as with " the Black Folk . " This musical 54 The Passing Figure.
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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