Passing and the fictions of identity /

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Passing refers to the process whereby a person of one race, gender, nationality, or sexual orientation adopts the guise of another. Historically, this has often involved black slaves passing as white in order to gain their freedom. More generally, it has served as a way for women and people of color...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ginsberg, Elaine K., 1936- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1996
Colección:New Americanists.
Temas:
American literature > History and criticism.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
African Americans > Race identity.
Racially mixed people in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Difference (Philosophy) in literature.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique.
Passing (Identité) dans la littérature.
Psychologie différentielle dans la littérature.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Identité collective dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Civilization.
Letterkunde.
Amerikaans.
Culturele identiteit.
Rassenverhoudingen.
United States > Civilization.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Subaltern as imperialist : speaking of Olaudah Equiano / Marion Rust
  • "Most respectable looking gentleman" : passing, possession, and transgression in 'Running a thousand miles for freedom' / Ellen M. Weinauer
  • 'Autobiography of an ex-colored man' : (passing for) black passing for white / Samira Kawash
  • Sliding significations : passing as a narrative and textual strategy in Nella Larsen's fiction / Martha J. Cutter
  • Spanish masquerade and drama of racial identity in 'Uncle Tom's cabin' / Julia Stern
  • Blackness and the literary imagination : uncovering 'The hidden hand' / Katharine Nicholson Ings
  • "Most disagreeable mirror" : reflections on white identity in 'Black like me' / Gayle Ward
  • Confederate counterfeit : the case of the cross-dressed Civil War soldier / Elizabeth Young
  • Displacing desire : passing, nostalgia, and 'Giovanni's room' / Valerie Rohy
  • Passing for white, passing for black / Adrian Piper.

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