Exiles at home
Subtitle: the struggle to become American in Creole New Orleans
By: Shirley Elizabeth Thompson.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780674023512
Subjects: Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions; Creoles -- Race identity -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions; Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Assimilation (Sociology) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations; New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions
Description: "The experiences of New Orleans' Creoles of color crystallize the problem of living on the 'color line,' a problem that W.E.B. DuBois would articulate at the dawn of the twentieth century. Exiles at home highlights the costs and benefits of becoming American, as Creoles of color passed among various racial categories and through different social spaces"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Passing as American; title: Seeking shelter under white skin; title: Failing to become white; title: Claiming birthright in the Creole city; title: Establishing propriety in the city of sin; title: Choosing to become Black; title: Epilogue: No enviable dilemma.