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UNINA9910453255303321 |
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Dagbovie-Mullins Sika A |
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Titolo |
Crossing b(l)ack [[electronic resource] ] : mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture / / Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins |
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Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-57233-977-2 |
1-283-94835-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
African Americans - Race identity |
Racially mixed people in literature |
Racially mixed people - Race identity - United States |
Passing (Identity) in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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What's old is new again, or The brand new fetish: black/white bodies in American racial discourse -- From naxos to Copenhagen: Helga Crane's mixed-race aspirations in Nella Larsen's Quicksand -- Homeward bound: negotiating borders in Lucinda Roy's Lady Moses and Danzy Senna's Caucasia -- "This is how memory works": boundary crossing, belonging, and Blackness in mixed-race autobiographies -- B(l)ack to last drop? Mariah Carey, Halle Berry, and the complexities of racial identity in popular culture. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The past two decades have seen a growing influx of biracial discourse in fiction, memoir, and theory, and since the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency, debates over whether America has entered a "post-racial" phase have set the media abuzz. In this penetrating and provocative study, Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins adds a new dimension to this dialogue as she investigates the ways in which various mixed-race writers and public figures have redefined both "blackness" and "whiteness" by invoking multiple racial identities. Focusing on several |
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