The tragic black buck
racial masquerading in the American literary imagination
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Word Count
49,500 words, Guess
Page Count
198 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3681023M
- ISBN-100820462063
- OCLC Control Number53824090
- Library of Congress Control Number2003025666
- LibraryThing1163653
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- Goodreads1709157
Classifications
- DDC813/.52093552
- LCCPS374.N4 T48 2004
Description
"The Tragic Black Buck examines the phenomenon, often paradoxical, of black males passing for white in American literature. Focusing on the first third of the twentieth century, the book argues that black individuals successfully assuming a white identity represent a paradox, in that passing for white exemplifies a challenge to the hegemonic philosophy of biological white supremacy, while denying blackness. Issues of race, gender, skin color, class, and law are examined in the literature of passing, involving the historical, theoretical, and literary tropes of miscegenation, mimicry, and masquerade."--BOOK JACKET.
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- African-American literature and culture ;
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