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Passing: A Strategy to Dissolve Identities and Revamp Differences
Anna Camaiti Hostert
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Description for Passing: A Strategy to Dissolve Identities and Revamp Differences
hardcover. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
This book takes its title from the homonymous novel by Nella Larsen who, during the Harlem Renaissance, posed the question of what it means to be black in a racist country. The practice of passing was in fact used by African Americans to escape discrimination during the time of segregation. Nella Larsen condemns this practice, but also shows its potential, defining it as 'not entirely strange perhaps . . . but certainly not entirely friendly.' Starting from this consideration, Camaiti Hostert's book turns the meaning of the social practice of passing upside down and makes it become a universal ... Read more
This book takes its title from the homonymous novel by Nella Larsen who, during the Harlem Renaissance, posed the question of what it means to be black in a racist country. The practice of passing was in fact used by African Americans to escape discrimination during the time of segregation. Nella Larsen condemns this practice, but also shows its potential, defining it as 'not entirely strange perhaps . . . but certainly not entirely friendly.' Starting from this consideration, Camaiti Hostert's book turns the meaning of the social practice of passing upside down and makes it become a universal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473520
SKU
V9781611473520
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99-15
About Anna Camaiti Hostert
Anna Camaiti Hostert is distinguished visiting professor at Florida Atlantic University in the Department of Philosophy.
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