The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American LiteraturePeter Lang, 1996 - 142 pages 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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Page 13
... attention to the racialist and racist perceptions of others — little attention is given to Glazer and Moynihan's own involvement in racialist systems of thought . As if times had not changed , and as if the authors had not been ...
... attention to the racialist and racist perceptions of others — little attention is given to Glazer and Moynihan's own involvement in racialist systems of thought . As if times had not changed , and as if the authors had not been ...
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... attention to skin tone and metonyms for color . In the accompanying glossary , which Van Vechten provided , twenty uses of slang refer to skin tone . But Van Vechten's greater attention to color is expressionistic . Just as McKay ...
... attention to skin tone and metonyms for color . In the accompanying glossary , which Van Vechten provided , twenty uses of slang refer to skin tone . But Van Vechten's greater attention to color is expressionistic . Just as McKay ...
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... attention to black and white . Polemics In many ways , the above attention to the unstable connection between color and race allows for a more explicit dialogue or polemics . While Brown's Clotel ; or the President's Daughter allows ...
... attention to black and white . Polemics In many ways , the above attention to the unstable connection between color and race allows for a more explicit dialogue or polemics . While Brown's Clotel ; or the President's Daughter allows ...
Contents
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 No preview available - 1998 |
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