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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... sure exactly how things happened ; what all the stages were that brought me to my present subject . I do know that there are countless people to thank . Wayne Fields must be thanked first for providing much intellectual guidance , I am ...
... sure exactly how things happened ; what all the stages were that brought me to my present subject . I do know that there are countless people to thank . Wayne Fields must be thanked first for providing much intellectual guidance , I am ...
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... sure ! " Kinnard's use of satire , though it tries to undermine the reception of minstrelsy , suggests just how early this art acquired national associations.11 In 1863 , Charles Fox stated sincerely what Kinnard could Show Boat 65.
... sure ! " Kinnard's use of satire , though it tries to undermine the reception of minstrelsy , suggests just how early this art acquired national associations.11 In 1863 , Charles Fox stated sincerely what Kinnard could Show Boat 65.
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... sure " that Christmas's father is black . Because Hines never truly knows the father and we hear about the " nigger " only through him , Christmas's race finally is cloaked in mystery . Hines , perhaps the most self - deluded religious ...
... sure " that Christmas's father is black . Because Hines never truly knows the father and we hear about the " nigger " only through him , Christmas's race finally is cloaked in mystery . Hines , perhaps the most self - deluded religious ...
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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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