Passing into the present : contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing /

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This book is a full-length study of contemporary American fiction of 'passing'. It takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gender passing in the 1990s in order to make claims about wider trends in contemporary American fiction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moynihan, Sinéad
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Colección:Contemporary American and Canadian writers.
Temas:
2000-2099
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Roman américain > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Passing (Identité) dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
American fiction
Ethnicity in literature
Gender identity in literature
Passing (Identity) in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: 'passing' into the present: passing narratives then and now; 2 Living parchments, human documents: passing, racial identity and the literary marketplace; 3 The way of the cross( -dresser): Catholicism, gender and race in two novels by Louise Erdrich; 4 (W)Rites-of-passing: shifting racial and gender identities in Caucasia and Middlesex; 5 Bodies/texts: passing and writing in The White Boy Shuffle and The Human Stain; 6 Conclusion: 'passing' fads?: recent controversies of authenticity and authorship; Bibliography.

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