Representing mixed race in Jamaica and England from the abolition era to the present
By: by S. Salih.
Series: Routledge research in postcolonial literatures -- v. 30
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780415398084; 9780203843499
Subjects: Racially mixed people in literature; Jamaican literature -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Race in literature; Racially mixed people -- Race identity; Racially mixed people -- Legal status, laws, etc; Racially mixed people in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the mulatto in law and literature; title: Pre-emancipation stories of race: Marly and the woman of colour; title: Legitimacy, illegitimacy and citizenship in the nineteenth century: Dinah Craik's Olive and Richard Hill's Lights and shadows; title: Mulattos in the contact zone: Mary Seacole and Ozias Midwinter; title: Coda: modern mulattos: Mona Lisa and The crying game.