Crossing the line : racial passing in twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture /

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Examines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including Black Like Me and forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow's memoir Really the Blues.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wald, Gayle, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2000.
Colección:New Americanists.
Temas:
1900-1999
American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Passing (Identity) > United States > History > 20th century.
American prose literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Racially mixed people in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Race in literature.
Prose américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Passing (Identité) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Prose américaine > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Passing (Identité) dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Identité collective dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
American prose literature.
American prose literature > African American authors.
Passing (Identity)
Rassenverhoudingen.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Letterkunde.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Race, passing, and cultural representation
  • Home again : racial negotiations in modernist African American passing narratives
  • Mezz Mezzrow and the voluntary negro blues
  • Boundaries lost and found : racial passing and cinematic representation, circa 1949
  • "I'm through with passing" : postpassing narratives in Black popular literary culture
  • "A most disagreeable mirror" : reflections of white identity in Black like me
  • Epilogue : Passing, "color blindness," and contemporary discourses of race and identity.

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