Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-284) and index
Subaltern as imperialist : speaking of Olaudah Equiano - Marion Rust -- - "Most respectable looking gentleman" : passing, possession, and transgression in 'Running a thousand miles for freedom' - Ellen M. Weinauer -- - 'Autobiography of an ex-colored man' : (passing for) black passing for white - Samira Kawash -- - Sliding significations : passing as a narrative and textual strategy in Nella Larsen's fiction - Martha J. Cutter -- - Spanish masquerade and drama of racial identity in 'Uncle Tom's cabin' - Julia Stern -- - Blackness and the literary imagination : uncovering 'The hidden hand' - Katharine Nicholson Ings -- - "Most disagreeable mirror" : reflections on white identity in 'Black like me' - Gayle Ward -- - Confederate counterfeit : the case of the cross-dressed Civil War soldier - Elizabeth Young -- - Displacing desire : passing, nostalgia, and 'Giovanni's room' - Valerie Rohy -- - Passing for white, passing for black - Adrian Piper
Passing and the fictions of identity
Published:
1996
Publisher:
Duke University Press, Durham, NC
Passing refers to the process whereby a person of one race, gender, nationality, or sexual orientation adopts the guise of another. Historically, this has often involved black slaves passing as white in order to gain their freedom. More generally, it...
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Passing refers to the process whereby a person of one race, gender, nationality, or sexual orientation adopts the guise of another. Historically, this has often involved black slaves passing as white in order to gain their freedom. More generally, it has served as a way for women and people of color to access male or white privilege. In their examination of this practice of crossing boundaries, the contributors to this volume offer a unique perspective for studying the construction and meaning of personal and cultural identities.These essays consider a wide range of texts and moments
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Politics of Passing; I. Passing to Freedom; The Subaltern as Imperialist: Speaking of Olaudah Equiano; "A Most Respectable Looking Gentleman": Passing, Possession, and Transgression in Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; II. The (Re)Construction of Race; The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man: (Passing for) Black Passing for White; Sliding Significations: Passing as a Narrative and Textual Strategy in Nella Larsen's Fiction; III. Blackness and the White Imagination; Spanish Masquerade and the Drama of Racial Identity in Uncle Tom's Cabin
Blackness and the Literary Imagination: Uncovering The Hidden Hand"A Most Disagreeable Mirror": Reflections on White Identity in Black Like Me; IV. Creating the Self; Confederate Counterfeit: The Case of the Cross-Dressed Civil War Soldier; Displacing Desire: Passing, Nostalgia, and Giovanni's Room; Passing for White, Passing for Black; Works Cited; Index; Contributors
