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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Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Juda Bennett. which saw the publication of many passing narratives . But the history of these stories cannot be easily confined to this narrow time period . Nor can these narratives be ...
Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Juda Bennett. which saw the publication of many passing narratives . But the history of these stories cannot be easily confined to this narrow time period . Nor can these narratives be ...
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... passing narratives has not yet been published , but a cursory overview would suggest that nineteenth century writers , both Anglo - American writers , such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain , and African - American writers , such ...
... passing narratives has not yet been published , but a cursory overview would suggest that nineteenth century writers , both Anglo - American writers , such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain , and African - American writers , such ...
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... passing narratives with men dressing as women and , though less often , women dressing as men . Narratives of racial passing may have a shorter history then narratives of gender passing , perhaps because race was not a significant ...
... passing narratives with men dressing as women and , though less often , women dressing as men . Narratives of racial passing may have a shorter history then narratives of gender passing , perhaps because race was not a significant ...
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An Introduction to Passing | 1 |
Theme to Genre | 35 |
How White People Pass | 61 |
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