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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... introduction to " Race , " Writing , and Difference , Henry Louis Gates reminds us that " [ w ] hen we speak of ' the white race ' or ' the black race , ' ' the Jewish race ' or ' the Aryan race , ' we speak in biological misnomers and ...
... introduction to " Race , " Writing , and Difference , Henry Louis Gates reminds us that " [ w ] hen we speak of ' the white race ' or ' the black race , ' ' the Jewish race ' or ' the Aryan race , ' we speak in biological misnomers and ...
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... introducing their chapter on " The Negroes . " The chapter is introduced with these words : The body of the book describes five major groups of the city . There is no great significance to the order in which they are arranged . We begin ...
... introducing their chapter on " The Negroes . " The chapter is introduced with these words : The body of the book describes five major groups of the city . There is no great significance to the order in which they are arranged . We begin ...
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... introduction to Joe Trotter's The Great Migration in Historical Perspective seems to provide the best overview of ... introduce Lewis's own dismissal of this “ inept book ” ( 277 ) . 34. There comes a point in any study of the United ...
... introduction to Joe Trotter's The Great Migration in Historical Perspective seems to provide the best overview of ... introduce Lewis's own dismissal of this “ inept book ” ( 277 ) . 34. There comes a point in any study of the United ...
Contents
An Introduction to Passing | 1 |
Theme to Genre | 35 |
How White People Pass | 61 |
Copyright | |
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