Tragic no more : mixed-race women and the nexus of sex and celebrity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Streeter, Caroline A., 1962-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2012]
Subjects:	American literature > 21st century > History and criticism. Race in literature. Racially mixed women in literature. Racially mixed people in motion pictures. Racially mixed women > Race identity > United States.

Table of Contents:

Essie Mae Washington-Williams's secrets and Strom Thurmond's lies
The wedding's black/white women in prime time
Sex and femininity in Danzy Senna's novels
Faking the funk? Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and the politics of passing
From tragedy to triumph: Dorothy Dandridge, Halle Berry, and the search for a Black screen goddess
High (mulatto) hopes: the rise and fall of Philippa Schuyler
Afterword.