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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... 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 the steps to the rim ...
... 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 the steps to the rim ...
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... songs in a beer garden ! " 17 Our final view of him confirms the importance of minstrelsy to the jazz singer's story ... song jazzy ; he speeds up the tempo of " Blue Skies , " pounding out the syncopation . But the movie gives less ...
... songs in a beer garden ! " 17 Our final view of him confirms the importance of minstrelsy to the jazz singer's story ... song jazzy ; he speeds up the tempo of " Blue Skies , " pounding out the syncopation . But the movie gives less ...
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... songs , the " Kol Nidre " to the past ( or the dying father ) , and jazz , or " nigger songs , " to the future ( or the understanding " Mammie " ) . In blackface , with his " heartstrings tangled , " Jack Robin appeals to an America not ...
... songs , the " Kol Nidre " to the past ( or the dying father ) , and jazz , or " nigger songs , " to the future ( or the understanding " Mammie " ) . In blackface , with his " heartstrings tangled , " Jack Robin appeals to an America not ...
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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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