Crossing b(l)ack [[electronic resource] ] : mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture / / Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins
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Dagbovie-Mullins Sika A
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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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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-57233-977-2 |
| 1-283-94835-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779592603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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