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1 online resource (x, 288 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index. |
Contents |
Assimilation, whiteness, and realism -- To pass or not to pass? William Dean Howells's and Frances E.W. Harper's "not very black" women -- Race or nation? White ethnics upstream in the writing of Cautela, Cahan, D'Agostino, Lewisohn, and Ornitz -- "To rise above this absurd drama that others have staged" : race critique and genre in Chesnutt, Johnson, and Schuyler -- "As if I were dead" : passing into subjectivity in the writings of Ets, Antin, Yezierska, and Barolini -- Women "caught between two allegiances" : the drive toward modernism in Chesnutt, White, Fauset, and Larsen. |
Summary |
"Explores the challenges of subjective passing narratives written during the height of literary realism. Discusses racial and ethnic differences, assimilation, passing, and identity by comparing African-American narratives of James Johnson, Nella Larson, and George Schuyler and 'white' ethnic (Jewish-American and Italian-American) narratives by Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, and Guido D'Agostino"--Provided by publisher. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American prose literature -- African American authors. |
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American prose literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
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American prose literature -- Minority authors. |
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American prose literature. |
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Minorities -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Minorities. |
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United States. |
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Biography. |
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African Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Biography. |
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Assimilation (Sociology) in literature.
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Assimilation (Sociology) in literature. |
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
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Passing (Identity) in literature.
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Passing (Identity) in literature. |
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Human skin color in literature.
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Human skin color in literature. |
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Race awareness in literature.
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Race awareness in literature. |
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Group identity in literature.
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Group identity in literature. |
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Ethnicity in literature.
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Ethnicity in literature. |
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Realism in literature.
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Realism in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
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Autobiography.
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Autobiography. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Belluscio, Steven J. To be suddenly white. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006 9780826216199 0826216196 (DLC) 2005028036 (OCoLC)61761643 |
ISBN |
9780826264855 (electronic book) |
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0826264859 (electronic book) |
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9780826216199 (alkaline paper) |
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0826216196 (alkaline paper) |