Crossing the line : racial passing in twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture

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Label

Crossing the line : racial passing in twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture

Title remainder

racial passing in twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture

Statement of responsibility

Gayle Wald

Creator

• Wald, Gayle, 1965-

Subject

• African Americans in literature
• American prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• American prose literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
• Group identity in literature
• Passing (Identity) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Passing (Identity) in literature
• Race in literature
• Racially mixed people in literature
• United States
• African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

Examines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including Black Like Me and forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow's memoir Really the Blues

Member of

• New Americanists
• Online access with subscription: Duke University Press

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

NcD

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PS366.P37

LC item number

W35 2000

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

New Americanists