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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... remember that passing did not only help some light - skinned blacks pass into free states but would also allow for other escapes into freedom during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras . Because of the importance of secrecy to the ...
... remember that passing did not only help some light - skinned blacks pass into free states but would also allow for other escapes into freedom during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras . Because of the importance of secrecy to the ...
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... remember that foreign models are not available : this is a uniquely “ American ” theme with its own literature , which , as we will see below , verges on becoming a genre defined not only by the uniqueness of its subject but by its ...
... remember that foreign models are not available : this is a uniquely “ American ” theme with its own literature , which , as we will see below , verges on becoming a genre defined not only by the uniqueness of its subject but by its ...
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... remember being highly delighted by hearing him tell how nicely he and Mary had [ made their escape ] . " Onto those two , borrowed stories which involve what we might call a reverse passing ( the disguising of white for black ) , Craft ...
... remember being highly delighted by hearing him tell how nicely he and Mary had [ made their escape ] . " Onto those two , borrowed stories which involve what we might call a reverse passing ( the disguising of white for black ) , Craft ...
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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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