Passing : an exploration of African-Americans on their journey for an identity along the colour line / Kathleen Wehnert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wehnert, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Diplomica Verlag, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Larsen and other African-American writers, including James Weldon Johnson, explored the intricacies and contradictions of the concept of race at the beginning of the 20th century, in particular by addressing the phenomenon of 'passing'. Passing has many definitions, most often it is associated with the term 'passing for white', which implies the crossing of the colour line from black to white in order to transcend racial barriers. Until the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, writers hardly had addressed the passing figure in literature. Passing has always been a much camouf

Contents:

Passing; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting Passing in Context -Du Bois, Double Consciousness & Harlem Renaissance; 3. Passing- The Instability of the African-American Identity; 4. Passing- The Journey for an African-American Identity; 5. Critical Reflection & Conclusion: Passing and the Instability of Race; 6. Bibliography

Notes:

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783836635110

3836635119

OCLC:

692156985