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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... requires explanation in a way that transvestism or cross - dressing does not . The medical profession with its desire to fix names and definitions — everything from the maternal figure to the kleptomaniac - has passed over the passing ...
... requires explanation in a way that transvestism or cross - dressing does not . The medical profession with its desire to fix names and definitions — everything from the maternal figure to the kleptomaniac - has passed over the passing ...
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... requires that we constantly discern " parody " from " reality , " which means readers must find something in life to give meaning ( and humor ) to Black No More's national craze for " passing " and the ease with which these ...
... requires that we constantly discern " parody " from " reality , " which means readers must find something in life to give meaning ( and humor ) to Black No More's national craze for " passing " and the ease with which these ...
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... requires a " nigger . " Doc Hines needs him to explain his Calvinistic world ; Joanne Burden wants him to give meaning to her liberalism ; and Joe Brown uses him to escape his own poverty . There are various people who require Joe ...
... requires a " nigger . " Doc Hines needs him to explain his Calvinistic world ; Joanne Burden wants him to give meaning to her liberalism ; and Joe Brown uses him to escape his own poverty . There are various people who require Joe ...
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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