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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... singing their national songs ; they danced their folk dances , and carried the banners of all Europe . The master of ceremonies was the principal of the grade school dressed as Uncle Sam . He led them to the pot . He directed them up ...
... singing their national songs ; they danced their folk dances , and carried the banners of all Europe . The master of ceremonies was the principal of the grade school dressed as Uncle Sam . He led them to the pot . He directed them up ...
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... sings to his " Mammie . " We first see him as a little child : " Singing nigger songs in a beer garden ! " 17 Our final view of him confirms the importance of minstrelsy to the jazz singer's story : on stage , in full minstrel makeup ...
... sings to his " Mammie . " We first see him as a little child : " Singing nigger songs in a beer garden ! " 17 Our final view of him confirms the importance of minstrelsy to the jazz singer's story : on stage , in full minstrel makeup ...
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... sing jazz , a music of liberation . This connection between the " Kol Nidre " and jazz is reestab- lished at the end of the movie as well . In the climactic scene , Jack must choose between singing the " Kol Nidre ” at his father's ...
... sing jazz , a music of liberation . This connection between the " Kol Nidre " and jazz is reestab- lished at the end of the movie as well . In the climactic scene , Jack must choose between singing the " Kol Nidre ” at his father's ...
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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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