The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature"How and when does literature most effectively uncover race to be a metaphor? 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."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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Pagina 25
Still , Schuyler ' s satire manages to ask the crucial question implicit in all “
passing ” dramas . Irene nearly asks it directly , but her husband makes the real
issue explicit : " But why ? " Irene wanted to know [ why did Irene need to return to
her ...
Still , Schuyler ' s satire manages to ask the crucial question implicit in all “
passing ” dramas . Irene nearly asks it directly , but her husband makes the real
issue explicit : " But why ? " Irene wanted to know [ why did Irene need to return to
her ...
Pagina 95
( Passing , Nella Larson ) The question of sexual difference , according to Luce
Irigaray , is the question that defines our times . Irigaray ' s assertion , the opening
sentence of Ethics of Sexual Difference ( 1984 ) , hardly seems startling in today ...
( Passing , Nella Larson ) The question of sexual difference , according to Luce
Irigaray , is the question that defines our times . Irigaray ' s assertion , the opening
sentence of Ethics of Sexual Difference ( 1984 ) , hardly seems startling in today ...
Pagina 126
Although the director of Suture has cast a black actor for the part of Clay , raising
all sorts of questions of how we imagine difference and brotherhood , Clay is not
actually a black man in the movie , and race is never a subject or a question ...
Although the director of Suture has cast a black actor for the part of Clay , raising
all sorts of questions of how we imagine difference and brotherhood , Clay is not
actually a black man in the movie , and race is never a subject or a question ...
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Inhoudsopgave
An Introduction to Passing | 1 |
Nomenclature Metaphor and Narrative | 11 |
Theme to Genre | 35 |
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The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Juda Bennett Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1998 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature Volume 6 van Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Volume 6 van Modern American literature, ISSN 1078-0521 |
| Auteur | Juda Bennett |
| Uitgever | Peter Lang, 1996 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 29 feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0820431141, 9780820431147 |
| Lengte | 142 pagina's |
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