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The souls of mixed folk : race, politics, and aesthetics in the new millennium

Title
The souls of mixed folk : race, politics, and aesthetics in the new millennium / Michele Elam.
Author
Elam, Michele.
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2011.

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Description
xxiii, 277 p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.
Subject
  • American literature > 21st century > History and criticism
  • Racially mixed people in literature
  • African Americans in literature
  • Race in literature
  • Race relations in literature
  • Passing (Identity) in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : mixed race in the post-race era -- The mis-education of mixed race -- The "ethno-ambiguo hostility syndrome" of the "halfrican American" : mixed race in Aaron Mcgruder's The boondocks and Nate Creekmore's Maintaining -- Passing in the post-race era : Danzy Senna's Caucasia, Philip Roth's The human stain, and Colson Whitehead's The intuitionist -- People just like us : Emily Raboteau's The professor's daughter, Danzy Senna's Symptomatic, and the mixed race anti-Bildungsroman -- "They's mo to bein' black than meets the eye!" : performing mixed race in Dave Chappelle's "The racial draft" and Carl Hancock Rux's Talk.
Call Number
Sc E 11-517
ISBN
  • 9780804756297 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804756295 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780804756303 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0804756309 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010036789
OCLC
YBP 2010036789
Author
Elam, Michele.
Title
The souls of mixed folk : race, politics, and aesthetics in the new millennium / Michele Elam.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 11-517
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