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Passing novels in the Harlem Renaissance : identity politics and textual strategies / Mar Gallego.

Title
  1. Passing novels in the Harlem Renaissance : identity politics and textual strategies / Mar Gallego.
Published by
  1. Hamburg, LitVerlag, c2003.
Author
  1. Gallego Durán, María del Mar

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Description
  1. 214 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Passing Novels in the Harlem Renaissance offers an insightful study of the significance of passing novels for the literary and intellectual debate of the Harlem Renaissance. Mar Gallego effectively uncovers the presence of a subversive component in five of these novels (by James Weldon Johnson, George Schuyler, Nella Larsen, and Jessie Fauset), turning them into useful tools to explore the passing phenomenon in all its richness and complexity. Her compelling study intends to contribute to the ongoing revision of the parameters conventionally employed to analyze passing novels by drawing attention to a great variety of textual strategies such as double consciousness, parody, and multiple generic covers. Examining the hybrid nature of these texts, Gallego skillfully highlights their radical critique of the status quo and their celebration of a distinct African American identity."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. FORECAAST ; v. 8
Uniform title
  1. FORECAAST v. 8.
Subject
  1. 1900-1999
  2. Harlem Renaissance
  3. Consciousness in literature
  4. African American women in literature
  5. African Americans in literature
  6. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
  7. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  8. Passing (Identity) in literature
  9. Identity politics in literature
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Introduction: Passing Novels in the Harlem Renaissance -- 1. Du Bois, Bakhtin, and the Black Feminist Critics: The Challenge of Double Consciousness -- 2. Questioning Race and Identity: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man / James Weldon Johnson -- 3. Black No More or Chaos on the Other Side -- 4. 'Ain't I a Woman' and a Mother?: Sexuality and Motherhood in Nella Larsen's Quicksand and Passing -- 5. Female Fancy in Plum Bun / Jessie Fauset.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-214)
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain