5 Color, Culture, and the Nature of Race: George S. Schuyler's Black No More

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. 1 Discourses of Black Identity: The Elements of Authenticity 1
5. 2 For a Mess of Pottage: James Weldon Johnson's Ex-Colored Man as (In)authentic Man 25
6. 3 "Colored; cold. Wrong somewhere?': Jean Toomer's Cane 53
7. 4 A Clash of Birthrights: Nella Larsen, the Feminine, and African American Identity 81
8. 5 Color, Culture, and the Nature of Race: George S. Schuyler's Black No More 111
9. 6 The Possibilities of Multiplicity: Community, Tradition, and African American Subject Positions 137
10. Notes 153
11. Bibliography 171
12. Index 179