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To be suddenly white : literary realism and racial passing
- Title
- To be suddenly white : literary realism and racial passing / Steven J. Belluscio.
- Author
- Belluscio, Steven J.
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
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- Description
- xi, 288 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Explores the challenges of subjective passing narratives written during the height of literary realism. Discusses racial and ethnic differences, assimilation, passing, and identity by comparing African-American narratives of James Johnson, Nella Larson, and George Schuyler and "white" ethnic (Jewish-American and Italian-American) narratives by Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, and Guido d'Agostino"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- American prose literature > African American authors > History and criticism
- American prose literature > Minority authors > History and criticism
- Minorities > United States > Biography > History and criticism
- African Americans > Biography > History and criticism
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Passing (Identity) in literature
- Human skin color in literature
- Race awareness in literature
- Group identity in literature
- Ethnicity in literature
- Realism in literature
- Race in literature
- Autobiography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index.
- Call Number
- Sc E 06-532
- ISBN
- 0826216196 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005028036
- 9780826216199
- OCLC
- 61761643
- Author
- Belluscio, Steven J.
- Title
- To be suddenly white : literary realism and racial passing / Steven J. Belluscio.
- Imprint
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780826216199
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 06-532