To be suddenly white
Subtitle: literary realism and racial passing
By: Steven J. Belluscio.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780826216199
Subjects: American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; American prose literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism; Minorities -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism; African Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism; Assimilation (Sociology) in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature; African Americans in literature; Passing (Identity) in literature; Human skin color in literature; Race awareness in literature; Group identity in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Realism in literature; Race in literature; Autobiography
Description: "Explores the challenges of subjective passing narratives written during the height of literary realism. Discusses racial and ethnic differences, assimilation, passing, and identity by comparing African-American narratives of James Johnson, Nella Larson, and George Schuyler and "white" ethnic (Jewish-American and Italian-American) narratives by Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, and Guido d'Agostino"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.