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Passing and the Fictions of Identity
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Description for Passing and the Fictions of Identity
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars working in the areas of race, gender, and identity theory, as well as US history and literature, this book offers a perspective for studying the construction and meaning of personal and cultural identities. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Elaine. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Passing refers to the process whereby a person of one race, gender, nationality, or sexual orientation adopts the guise of another. Historically, this has often involved black slaves passing as white in order to gain their freedom. More generally, it has served as a way for women and people of color to access male or white privilege. In their examination of this practice of crossing boundaries, the contributors to this volume offer a unique perspective for studying the construction and meaning of personal and cultural identities.
These essays consider a wide range of texts and moments from colonial times to ... Read more
Passing refers to the process whereby a person of one race, gender, nationality, or sexual orientation adopts the guise of another. Historically, this has often involved black slaves passing as white in order to gain their freedom. More generally, it has served as a way for women and people of color to access male or white privilege. In their examination of this practice of crossing boundaries, the contributors to this volume offer a unique perspective for studying the construction and meaning of personal and cultural identities.
These essays consider a wide range of texts and moments from colonial times to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
New Americanists
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822317647
SKU
V9780822317647
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99-1
About Ginsberg
Elaine K. Ginsberg is Professor of English at West Virginia University.
Reviews for Passing and the Fictions of Identity
“Passing and the Fictions of Identity is timely in its interrogation of the construction of racial identity, sophisticated in its uses of contemporary theoretical formulations, and insightful in its analysis of provocative, often relatively little discussed novels, memoirs, and textual moments which explore the crossing of racial boundaries.”—Michael Awkward, University of Michigan “By pulling together analyses of race/gender/nation/sexuality ‘passing,’ and ... Read more