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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... wife . They brought up a family of children , among whom were three nearly white , well educated , and beautiful girls " ( 17-18 ) . Craft provides great detail of the father's death and the cruel march to the slave block of the rest of ...
... wife . They brought up a family of children , among whom were three nearly white , well educated , and beautiful girls " ( 17-18 ) . Craft provides great detail of the father's death and the cruel march to the slave block of the rest of ...
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... wife was nearly white , I might get her to disguise herself as an invalid gentleman , and assume to be my master , while I could attend as his slave ... ( 29 ) It is not only essential that Ellen assume the role of master , but William ...
... wife was nearly white , I might get her to disguise herself as an invalid gentleman , and assume to be my master , while I could attend as his slave ... ( 29 ) It is not only essential that Ellen assume the role of master , but William ...
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... wife's tendency to pass allows them to find lodging . I stopped outside in the rain till the coach came up ... The landlady , observing that I took an interest in the baggage , became somewhat uneasy , and went into my wife's room , and ...
... wife's tendency to pass allows them to find lodging . I stopped outside in the rain till the coach came up ... The landlady , observing that I took an interest in the baggage , became somewhat uneasy , and went into my wife's room , and ...
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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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