To be suddenly white : literary realism and racial passing / Steven J. Belluscio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belluscio, Steven J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

American prose literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.

Minorities--United States--Biography--History and criticism.

Minorities.

African Americans--Biography--History and criticism.

African Americans.

Assimilation (Sociology) in literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Passing (Identity) in literature.

Human skin color in literature.

Race awareness in literature.

Group identity in literature.

Ethnicity in literature.

Realism in literature.

Race in literature.

Autobiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Intro

To Be Suddenly White

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Assimilation, Whiteness, and Realism

2 To Pass or Not to Pass?

3 Race or Nation?

4 "To Rise Above This Absurd Drama That Others Have Staged"

5 "As If I Were Dead"

6 Women "Caught between Two Allegiances"

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6485-9

OCLC:

191930150