The tragic Black buck : racial masquerading in the American literary imagination /

"The new edition of The Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination offers a fresh perspective on this trail blazing scholarship, and the singular importance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby as a challenge to the racial hegemony of biological white...

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Main Author:	Thompson, Carlyle Van (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Peter Lang, [2020]
Edition:	Second edition.
Series:	African-American literature and culture ; v. 1.
Subjects:	American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. African American men in literature. American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Passing (Identity) in literature. Group identity in literature. Tragic, The, in literature. Deception in literature. Racism in literature. Race in literature. African Americans > Intellectual life. American fiction. American fiction > African American authors. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Summary:	"The new edition of The Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination offers a fresh perspective on this trail blazing scholarship, and the singular importance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby as a challenge to the racial hegemony of biological white supremacy. Fitzgerald convincingly and boldly shows how racial passing by light-skinned Black individuals becomes the most fascinating literary trope associated with democracy and the enduring desire for the American Dream"--
Physical Description:	xxiv, 231 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781433176807 1433176807 9780820462066 0820462063
ISSN:	1528-3887 ;