LEADER 03778nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910788366503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-86420-7 010 $a0-8135-4989-2 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813549897 035 $a(CKB)3170000000047051 035 $a(EBL)847581 035 $a(OCoLC)774279017 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585000 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11371653 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585000 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10592748 035 $a(PQKB)11591311 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8207 035 $a(DE-B1597)530222 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813549897 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL847581 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10531173 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC847581 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000047051 100 $a20100308d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe white negress$b[electronic resource] $eliterature, minstrelsy, and the black-Jewish imaginary /$fLori Harrison-Kahan 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Literatures Initiative 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4782-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom White Negress to Yiddishe mama: Sophie Tucker and the female blackface tradition -- The same Show Boat: Edna Ferber's interracial ideal -- Limitations of white: Fannie Hurst and the consumption of blackness -- Minstrel of the mountain: Zora Neale Hurston and the black-Jewish imaginary. 330 $aDuring the first half of the twentieth century, American Jews demonstrated a commitment to racial justice as well as an attraction to African American culture. Until now, the debate about whether such black-Jewish encounters thwarted or enabled Jews' claims to white privilege has focused on men and representations of masculinity while ignoring questions of women and femininity. The White Negress investigates literary and cultural texts by Jewish and African American women, opening new avenues of inquiry that yield more complex stories about Jewishness, African American identity, and the meanings of whiteness. Lori Harrison-Kahan examines writings by Edna Ferber, Fannie Hurst, and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as the blackface performances of vaudevillian Sophie Tucker and controversies over the musical and film adaptations of Show Boat and Imitation of Life. Moving between literature and popular culture, she illuminates how the dynamics of interethnic exchange have at once produced and undermined the binary of black and white. 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPassing (Identity) in literature 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aAfrican American women authors 606 $aJewish women authors$zUnited States 606 $aAmericanization 606 $aImmigrants in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPassing (Identity) in literature. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aAfrican American women authors. 615 0$aJewish women authors 615 0$aAmericanization. 615 0$aImmigrants in literature. 676 $a810.9/3529 700 $aHarrison-Kahan$b Lori$01530081 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788366503321 996 $aThe white negress$93861991 997 $aUNINA