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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wald, Gayle, 1965-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2000.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Letterkunde.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Racially mixed people in literature.
Race in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Passing (Identity)
Group identity in literature.
American prose literature > African American authors.
American prose literature.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
Race dans la litterature.
Identite collective dans la litterature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Passing (Identite) dans la litterature.
Prose americaine > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Passing (Identite) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Prose americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American prose literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Passing (Identity) > United States > History > 20th century.
American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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