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That middle world : race, performance, and the politics of passing / Julia S. Charles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charles, Julia S., author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Passing (Identity) in literature.
- Multiracial people in literature.
- Race in literature.
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.
- Multiracial people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Focusing on the construction and performance of racial identity in works by writers from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, Julia Charles creates a new discourse around racial passing to analyse mixed-race characters' social objectives when crossing into other racialised spaces.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908592-4-2
- 979-88-908592-5-9
- 1-4696-5958-1
- 1-4696-5957-3
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