Near Black : White-to-Black passing in American culture

Near Black : White-to-Black passing in American culture /

"In Near Black, Baz Dreisinger explores the oft-ignored history of what she calls "reverse racial passing" by looking at a broad spectrum of short stories, novels, films, autobiographies, and pop-culture discourse that depict whites passing for black. The protagonists of these narrati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dreisinger, Baz, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
White people > Race identity > United States.
Passing (Identity) > United States.
Popular culture > United States.
Race in literature.
Race in motion pictures.
American literature > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > United States > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
American literature
Motion pictures
Passing (Identity)
Popular culture
Race in literature
Race in motion pictures
Race relations
White people > Race identity
Ethnische Identität
Massenkultur
Ethnische Beziehungen
Passing > Motiv
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
USA
Weiße.
"Multi-User"
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • White panic and white passing: slavery and reconstruction
  • Dy(e)ing to be black: "Mars Jeems's nightmare," Black like me, and Watermelon man
  • Black like she: Grace Halsell and the sexuality of passing
  • Contagious beats: passing, autobiography, and discourses of American music
  • Is passing passé in a "post-race" world?
  • Epilogue: hits and misses of a racial free-for-all.

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