Neither black nor white yet both : thematic explorations of interracial literature /

In this study of "inter-racial" literature, the author examines: why, in the US, a "white" woman can give birth to a "black" baby, but a "black" woman will never give birth to a "white" baby; what makes racial "passing" different from socia...

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Main Author:	Sollors, Werner
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:	OUP E-Books.
Subjects:	Race in literature. Miscegenation (Racist theory) in literature. Multiracial people in literature. Passing (Identity) in literature. Comparative literature. Mestizaje in literature. Race dans la littérature. Métissage dans la littérature. Métis dans la littérature [Annulée] Passing (Identité) dans la littérature. Littérature comparée. comparative literature. TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Mestizaje in literature Comparative literature Miscegenation (Racist theory) in literature Passing (Identity) in literature Race in literature Multiracial people in literature Identität Literatur Mulatten > Motiv Rassenmischung > Motiv Rassenmischung Passing > Motiv Rassenfrage USA Schwärze Letterkunde. Rassenverhoudingen. Mulatten. Mulatten <Motiv> Electronic books.
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Summary:	In this study of "inter-racial" literature, the author examines: why, in the US, a "white" woman can give birth to a "black" baby, but a "black" woman will never give birth to a "white" baby; what makes racial "passing" different from social mobility; and how "miscegenation" is presented as incest
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 574 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-560) and index.
ISBN:	1423734610 9781423734611 1602565929 9781602565920 9780195052824 019505282X 9786610440245 6610440247 0198021968 9780198021964 1280440244 9781280440243