03362nam 2200685Ia 450 991045325530332120200520144314.01-57233-977-21-283-94835-4(CKB)2550000001003762(EBL)1109184(OCoLC)828423792(SSID)ssj0000804572(PQKBManifestationID)11431473(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804572(PQKBWorkID)10813389(PQKB)11261858(MiAaPQ)EBC1109184(MdBmJHUP)muse25002(Au-PeEL)EBL1109184(CaPaEBR)ebr10645122(CaONFJC)MIL426085(EXLCZ)99255000000100376220120523d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrossing b(l)ack[electronic resource] mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture /Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Pressc20131 online resource (183 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57233-932-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 key novels-Nella Larsen's Quicksand American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismAfrican AmericansRace identityRacially mixed people in literatureRacially mixed peopleRace identityUnited StatesPassing (Identity) in literatureElectronic books.American fictionHistory and criticism.American fictionHistory and criticism.African AmericansRace identity.Racially mixed people in literature.Racially mixed peopleRace identityPassing (Identity) in literature.813/.5409896073Dagbovie-Mullins Sika A1056611MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453255303321Crossing b(l)ack2491120UNINA