Crossing Black : Mixed-Race Identity in Modern American Fiction and Culture /

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The past two decades have seen a growing influx of biracial discourse in fiction, memoir, and theory, and since the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency, debates over whether America has entered a "post-racial" phase have set the media abuzz. In this penetrating and provocative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dagbovie-Mullins, Sika A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Racially mixed people > Race identity.
Racially mixed people in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
American fiction.
African Americans > Race identity.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Passing (Identite) dans la litterature.
Noirs americains > Identite ethnique.
Roman americain > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Racially mixed people > Race identity > United States.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What's old is new again, or The brand new fetish : black/white bodies in American racial discourse
  • From Naxos to Copenhagen : Helga Crane's mixed-race aspirations in Nella Larsen's Quicksand
  • Homeward bound : negotiating borders in Lucinda Roy's Lady Moses and Danzy Senna's Caucasia
  • "This is how memory works" : boundary crossing, belonging, and Blackness in mixed-race autobiographies
  • B(l)ack to last drop? Mariah Carey, Halle Berry, and the complexities of racial identity in popular culture.

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