To be suddenly white [[electronic resource] ] : literary realism and racial passing / / Steven J. Belluscio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816307303321
• Autore: Belluscio Steven J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006
• ISBN: 0-8262-6485-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/3552
• Soggetti: American prose literature - African American authors - History and criticism; American prose literature - Minority authors - History and criticism; Minorities - United States - Biography - History and criticism; African Americans - History and criticism; Assimilation (Sociology) in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature; African Americans in literature; Passing (Identity) in literature; Human skin color in literature; Race awareness in literature; Group identity in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Realism in literature; Race in literature; Autobiography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- To Be Suddenly White -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Assimilation, Whiteness, and Realism -- 2 To Pass or Not to Pass? -- 3 Race or Nation? -- 4 "To Rise Above This Absurd Drama That Others Have Staged" -- 5 "As If I Were Dead" -- 6 Women "Caught between Two Allegiances" -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Explores the challenges of subjective passing narratives written during ; the height of literary realism. Discusses racial and ethnic differences, assimilation, passing, and identity by comparing African-American narratives of James Johnson, Nella Larson, and George Schuyler and "white" ethnic (Jewish-American and Italian-American) narratives by Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, and Guido d'Agostino"--Provided by publisher.