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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... story of escape , Craft tells yet another story of " a very humane and wealthy gentleman , that bought a woman , with whom he lived as his wife . They brought up a family of children , among whom were three nearly white , well educated ...
... story of escape , Craft tells yet another story of " a very humane and wealthy gentleman , that bought a woman , with whom he lived as his wife . They brought up a family of children , among whom were three nearly white , well educated ...
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... story of Julie , a fair - skinned black woman who passes for white and stars as the leading lady of Captain Andy's Floating Palace Theater . Though this is actually just a subplot within the larger story of Magnolia , daughter to ...
... story of Julie , a fair - skinned black woman who passes for white and stars as the leading lady of Captain Andy's Floating Palace Theater . Though this is actually just a subplot within the larger story of Magnolia , daughter to ...
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... story . Imitation of Life was subsequently made into a popular film starring Claudette Colbert as the female business success . The controversy over depicting the passing figure of Peola , the perfect stereotype of the tragic mulatto ...
... story . Imitation of Life was subsequently made into a popular film starring Claudette Colbert as the female business success . The controversy over depicting the passing figure of Peola , the perfect stereotype of the tragic mulatto ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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