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Race passing and American individualism / Kathleen Pfeiffer.
Van Pelt Library PS374.R32 P45 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfeiffer, Kathleen, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Race in literature.
- Multiracial people in literature.
- Passing (Identity) in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 167 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- A literary study of the ambiguities of racial identity in American culture
- Contents:
- Passing and the sentimental novel
- Passing and the rise of realism
- Passing and the fictional autobiography
- Passing and the "fast yellowing manuscripts"
- Passing and the rise of mass culture
- Reading passing through a different lens.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1558493778
- OCLC:
- 49844600
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