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Crossing b(l)ack [[electronic resource] ] : mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture / / Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins



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Autore: Dagbovie-Mullins Sika A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Crossing b(l)ack [[electronic resource] ] : mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture / / Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
Disciplina: 813/.5409896073
Soggetto topico: American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
African Americans - Race identity
Racially mixed people in literature
Racially mixed people - Race identity - United States
Passing (Identity) in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Crossing b(l)ack  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-57233-977-2
1-283-94835-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779592603321
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