To be suddenly white [electronic resource] : literary realism and racial passing / Steven J. Belluscio.
Publication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.Description: x, 288 pISBN:- 0826216196 (alk. paper)
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism
- American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
- American prose literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
- Autobiography
- Ethnicity in literature
- Group identity in literature
- Human skin color in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Minorities -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism
- Passing (Identity) in literature
- Race awareness in literature
- Race in literature
- Realism in literature
- 810.9/3552 22
- PS338.N4 B45 2006eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Explores the challenges of subjective passing narratives written during the height of literary realism. Discusses racial and ethnic differences, assimilation, passing, and identity by comparing African-American narratives of James Johnson, Nella Larson, and George Schuyler and "white" ethnic (Jewish-American and Italian-American) narratives by Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, and Guido d'Agostino"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.