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- catalog abstract "How and when does literature most effectively uncover race to be a metaphor? The passing figure, a light-skinned African-American capable and willing to pass for white, provides the thematic focus to this provocative study. In exploring the social and cultural history of this distinctly American phenomenon, Bennett moves freely between literature, film, and music, arguing that the passing figure is crucial to our understanding of past and present conceptions of race.".
- catalog contributor b10266614.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization 20th century.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "An Introduction to Passing -- Black No More: Nomenclature, Metaphor, and Narrative -- Running a Thousand Miles to Freedom: Theme to Genre -- Show Boat and Showboating: How White People Pass -- M. Butterfly in Yoknapatawpha: Recent Trends in Passing -- Afterward: The Suture.".
- catalog description "How and when does literature most effectively uncover race to be a metaphor? The passing figure, a light-skinned African-American capable and willing to pass for white, provides the thematic focus to this provocative study. In exploring the social and cultural history of this distinctly American phenomenon, Bennett moves freely between literature, film, and music, arguing that the passing figure is crucial to our understanding of past and present conceptions of race.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-138) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 142 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Passing figure.".
- catalog identifier "0820431141 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Passing figure.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; vol. 6.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern American literature ; vol. 6".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog relation "Passing figure.".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.5093520396073 20".
- catalog subject "African Americans Race identity.".
- catalog subject "African Americans in literature.".
- catalog subject "American literature 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PS228.P35 B46 1996".
- catalog subject "Passing (Identity) United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Passing (Identity) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Race in literature.".
- catalog subject "Racially mixed people in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "An Introduction to Passing -- Black No More: Nomenclature, Metaphor, and Narrative -- Running a Thousand Miles to Freedom: Theme to Genre -- Show Boat and Showboating: How White People Pass -- M. Butterfly in Yoknapatawpha: Recent Trends in Passing -- Afterward: The Suture.".
- catalog title "The passing figure : racial confusion in modern American literature / Juda Bennett.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".