03446nam 2200661Ia 450 991045668970332120200520144314.01-62103-605-71-282-50301-497866125030161-60473-418-3(CKB)2520000000009215(EBL)515529(OCoLC)593240028(SSID)ssj0000341281(PQKBManifestationID)11257584(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341281(PQKBWorkID)10389747(PQKB)10721666(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204112(MiAaPQ)EBC515529(MdBmJHUP)muse13563(MiAaPQ)EBC4977817(Au-PeEL)EBL515529(CaPaEBR)ebr10370399(Au-PeEL)EBL4977817(CaONFJC)MIL250301(EXLCZ)99252000000000921520090519d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPassing in the works of Charles W. Chesnutt[electronic resource] /edited by Susan Prothro Wright and Ernestine Pickens GlassJackson University Press of Mississippic20101 online resource (147 p.)Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60473-416-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Charles W. Chesnutt's Historical Imagination; Signifying the Other: Chesnutt's "Methods of Teaching"; On Flags and Fraternities: Lessons in History in Charles Chesnutt's "Po' Sandy"; Passing as Narrative and Textual Strategy in Charles Chesnutt's "The Passing of Grandison"; The Dream of History: Memory and the Unconscious in Charles Chesnutt's The House behind the Cedars; In the Wake of D. W. Griffith's: The Birth of a Nation Chesnutt's Paul Marchand, F.M.C. as Command Performance; Performing Race: Mixed-Race Characters in the Novels of Charles ChesnuttA Question of Passing or a Question of Conscience: Toward Resolving the Ending of Mandy Oxendine""They Were All Colored to the Life": Historicizing "Whiteness" in Evelyn's Husband; Contributors; IndexPassing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt is a collection that reevaluates Chesnutt's deft manipulation of the ""passing"" theme to expand understanding of the author's fiction and nonfiction. Nine contributors apply a variety of theories---including intertextual, signifying/discourse analysis, narratological, formal, psychoanalytical, new historical, reader response, and performative frameworks---to add richness to readings of Chesnutt's works. Together the essays provide convincing evidence that ""passing"" is an intricate, essential part of Chesnutt's writing, and that it appears in all tMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.Passing (Identity)FictionElectronic books.Passing (Identity)813/.4Wright Susan Prothro1031160Glass Ernestine Pickens1031161MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456689703321Passing in the works of Charles W. Chesnutt2448387UNINA