LEADER 02531nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910459118903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-8366-3511-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000058009 035 $a(EBL)595208 035 $a(OCoLC)692156985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000657864 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12283994 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000657864 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680478 035 $a(PQKB)11183710 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC595208 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL595208 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10489300 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000058009 100 $a20110913d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPassing$b[electronic resource] $ean exploration of African-Americans on their journey for an identity along the colour line /$fKathleen Wehnert 210 $aHamburg $cDiplomica Verlag$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (47 p.) 300 $aCover title. 311 $a3-8366-8511-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPassing; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting Passing in Context -Du Bois, Double Consciousness & Harlem Renaissance; 3. Passing- The Instability of the African-American Identity; 4. Passing- The Journey for an African-American Identity; 5. Critical Reflection & Conclusion: Passing and the Instability of Race; 6. Bibliography 330 $aLarsen and other African-American writers, including James Weldon Johnson, explored the intricacies and contradictions of the concept of race at the beginning of the 20th century, in particular by addressing the phenomenon of 'passing'. Passing has many definitions, most often it is associated with the term 'passing for white', which implies the crossing of the colour line from black to white in order to transcend racial barriers. Until the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, writers hardly had addressed the passing figure in literature. Passing has always been a much camouf 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRace identity 606 $aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRace identity. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions. 676 $a810.9353 700 $aWehnert$b Kathleen$0991459 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459118903321 996 $aPassing$92269012 997 $aUNINA