| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 181 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Contemporary American and Canadian writers
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Contemporary American and Canadian writers.
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| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Passing (Identity) in literature.
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Passing (Identity) in literature. |
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Ethnicity in literature.
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Ethnicity in literature. |
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Gender identity in literature.
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Gender identity in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780719082290 |
| ISBN |
9781781702727 (electronic book) |
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1781702721 (electronic book) |
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9781847793294 (electronic book) |
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1847793290 (electronic book) |
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9780719082290 |
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0719082293 |
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