Crossing b(l)ack : mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture / Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dagbovie-Mullins, Sika A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

Multiracial people in literature.

Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.

Multiracial people.

Passing (Identity) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The past two decades have seen a growing influx of biracial discourse in fiction, memoir, and theory, and since the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency, debates over whether America has entered a "post-racial" phase have set the media abuzz. In this penetrating and provocative study, Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins adds a new dimension to this dialogue as she investigates the ways in which various mixed-race writers and public figures have redefined both "blackness" and "whiteness" by invoking multiple racial identities. Focusing on several key novels-Nella Larsen's Quicksand

Contents:

What's old is new again, or The brand new fetish: black/white bodies in American racial discourse

From naxos to Copenhagen: Helga Crane's mixed-race aspirations in Nella Larsen's Quicksand

Homeward bound: negotiating borders in Lucinda Roy's Lady Moses and Danzy Senna's Caucasia

"This is how memory works": boundary crossing, belonging, and Blackness in mixed-race autobiographies

B(l)ack to last drop? Mariah Carey, Halle Berry, and the complexities of racial identity in popular culture.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781572339774

1572339772

9781283948357

1283948354

OCLC:

828423792