Belluscio, Steven J.

To be suddenly white literary realism and racial passing / [electronic resource] : Steven J. Belluscio. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006. - x, 288 p.

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,
2009.
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American prose literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American prose literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
Minorities--Biography--History and criticism.--United States
African Americans--History and criticism.--Biography
Assimilation (Sociology) in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Human skin color in literature.
Race awareness in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Realism in literature.
Race in literature.
Autobiography.


Electronic books.

PS338.N4 / B45 2006eb

810.9/3552