Passing in the works of Charles W. Chesnutt [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan Prothro Wright and Ernestine Pickens Glass
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Passing in the works of Charles W. Chesnutt [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan Prothro Wright and Ernestine Pickens Glass
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| Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Passing (Identity) |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
WrightSusan Prothro
GlassErnestine Pickens
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Chesnutt |
| A 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; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Passing 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 t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Passing in the works of Charles W. Chesnutt |
| ISBN: | 1-62103-605-7 |
| 1-282-50301-4 | |
| 9786612503016 | |
| 1-60473-418-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456689703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.