Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation

Gayle Wald

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Wald, Gayle. "Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation". Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture, edited by Donald E. Pease, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2000, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380924-003

Wald, G. (2000). Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation. In D. Pease (Ed.), Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture (pp. 1-24). New York, USA: Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380924-003

Wald, G. 2000. Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation. In: Pease, D. ed. Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture. New York, USA: Duke University Press, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380924-003

Wald, Gayle. "Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation" In Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture edited by Donald E. Pease, 1-24. New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380924-003

Wald G. Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation. In: Pease D (ed.) Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture. New York, USA: Duke University Press; 2000. p.1-24. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380924-003

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation 1
Chapter 1. Home Again: Racial Negotiations in Modernist African American Passing Narratives 25
Chapter 2. Mezz Mezzrow and the Voluntary Negro Blues 53
Chapter 3. Boundaries Lost and Found: Racial Passing and Cinematic Representation, circa 1949 82
Chapter 4. ‘‘I’m Through with Passing’’: Postpassing Narratives in Black Popular Literary Culture 116
Chapter 5. ‘‘A Most Disagreeable Mirror’’: Reflections on White Identity in Black Like Me 152
Epilogue: Passing, ‘‘Color Blindness,’’ and Contemporary Discourses of Race and Identity 182
Notes 191
Bibliography 227
Index 241

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Race, Passing, and Cultural Representation 1
Chapter 1. Home Again: Racial Negotiations in Modernist African American Passing Narratives 25
Chapter 2. Mezz Mezzrow and the Voluntary Negro Blues 53
Chapter 3. Boundaries Lost and Found: Racial Passing and Cinematic Representation, circa 1949 82
Chapter 4. ‘‘I’m Through with Passing’’: Postpassing Narratives in Black Popular Literary Culture 116
Chapter 5. ‘‘A Most Disagreeable Mirror’’: Reflections on White Identity in Black Like Me 152
Epilogue: Passing, ‘‘Color Blindness,’’ and Contemporary Discourses of Race and Identity 182
Notes 191
Bibliography 227
Index 241

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