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The white negress literature, minstrelsy, and the black-Jewish imaginary

Title
The white negress [electronic resource] : literature, minstrelsy, and the black-Jewish imaginary / Lori Harrison-Kahan.
Author
Harrison-Kahan, Lori.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.

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Description
1 online resource (viii, 229 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
American Literatures Initiative
Uniform Title
White negress (Online)
Alternative Title
White negress (Online)
Subject
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Passing (Identity) in literature
  • Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
  • Ethnicity in literature
  • African American women authors
  • Jewish women authors > United States
  • Americanization
  • Immigrants in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
From White Negress to Yiddishe mama: Sophie Tucker and the female blackface tradition -- The same Show Boat: Edna Ferber's interracial ideal -- Limitations of white: Fannie Hurst and the consumption of blackness -- Minstrel of the mountain: Zora Neale Hurston and the black-Jewish imaginary.
LCCN
2010008515
OCLC
ssj0000585000
Author
Harrison-Kahan, Lori.
Title
The white negress [electronic resource] : literature, minstrelsy, and the black-Jewish imaginary / Lori Harrison-Kahan.
Imprint
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Series
American Literatures Initiative
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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