03288nam 2200673Ia 450 991081734410332120241014125800.01-57233-977-21-283-94835-4(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 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 QuicksandAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismAfrican AmericansRace identityMultiracial people in literatureMultiracial peopleRace identityUnited StatesPassing (Identity) in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.American fictionHistory and criticism.African AmericansRace identity.Multiracial people in literature.Multiracial peopleRace identityPassing (Identity) in literature.813/.5409896073Dagbovie-Mullins Sika A1623467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817344103321Crossing b(l)ack3957873UNINA