Tragic no more : mixed-race women and the nexus of sex and celebrity /

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This book examines popular representations of biracial women of Black and white descent in the United States, focusing on novels, television, music, and film. Although the emphasis is on the 1990s, the historical arc of the study begins in the 1930s. The author explores the encounter between what sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Streeter, Caroline A., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2012]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Racially mixed women > Race identity > United States.
Racially mixed people in motion pictures.
Racially mixed women in literature.
Race in literature.
American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Métisses > Identité ethnique > États-Unis.
Métis au cinéma.
Métisses dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
American literature
Race in literature
Racially mixed people in motion pictures
Racially mixed women in literature
Frauenliteratur
Ethnische Beziehungen
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Essie Mae Washington-Williams's secrets and Strom Thurmond's lies
  • The wedding's Black/white women in prime time
  • Sex and femininity in Danzy Senna's novels
  • Faking the funk? : Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and the politics of passing
  • From tragedy to triumph : Dorothy Dandridge, Halle Berry, and the search for a Black screen goddess
  • High (mulatto) hopes : the rise and fall of Philippa Schuyler
  • Afterword.

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