Category: Passing

  • Nella Larsen’s Passing: More than Skin Deep McNair Scholars Research Journal Volume 15 pages 71-83 June 2011 Sarah Hicks California State University, Long Beach Nella Larsen’s novella Passing focuses on Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry-Bellew, two female Mulatto characters who pass into white communities; however, two white male minor characters, Hugh Wentworth and John “Jack”…

  • Passing for what? Aspects of Identity in Nella Larsen’s Novels Black American Literature Forum Volume 20, Number 1/2 (Spring-Summer, 1986) pages 97-111 Cheryl A. Wall, Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English Rutgers University True, she was attractive, unusual, in an exotic, almost savage way, but she wasn’t one of them. —Quicksand (124)…

  • When Alice Jones, a former nanny, married Leonard Rhinelander in 1924, she became the first black woman to be listed in the Social Register as a member of one of New York’s wealthiest families. Once news of the marriage became public, a scandal of race, class, and sex gripped the nation—and forced the couple into…

  • Marcia Dawkins, Author of “Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing” on Mixed Race Radio Mixed Race Radio Blogtalkradio 2012-05-02, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Marcia Dawkins’ book, Clearly Invisible and the Color of Cultural Identity (Baylor University Press, 2012), is the first to connect racial passing and classical…

  • Finding Grace: Two Sisters and the Search for Meaning Beyond the Color Line Simon & Schuster July 2007 296 pages Paperback ISBN-10: 0743200543; ISBN-13: 9780743200547 Shirlee Taylor Haizlip In her widely acclaimed, bestselling memoir, The Sweeter the Juice, Shirlee Taylor Haizlip asked us to redefine our concepts of race and family by examining her biracial…

  • Professor’s Bookshelf: Amy Cynthia Tang The Wesleyan Argus Middletown, Connecticut 2012-04-19 Miriam Olenick, Staff Writer Assistant Professor Amy Cynthia Tang, of the American Studies and English departments, specializes in Asian-American and African-American literature—most recently, she has been reading satirical Asian-American plays. Professor Tang sat down with The Argus to discuss her favorite authors, her plans…

  • This remarkable novel documents the life of an American of mixed ethnicity who moves freely in society — from the rural South to the urban North and eventually, Europe.

  • “This damned business of colour”: Passing in African American novels and memoirs Lehigh University 2005-04-28 230 pages Publication Number: AAT 3167071 ISBN: 9780542026218 Irina C. Negrea Presented to the Graduate and Research Committee of Lehigh University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English The topic of this dissertation is an analysis…

  • Passing, Performance, and Perversity: Rewriting Bodies in the Works of Lawrence Hill, Shani Mootoo, and Danzy Senna 49th Parallel: An interdisciplinary journal of North American studies Issue 26: Autumn 2011 ISSN: 1753-5794 19 pages Natalie Wall University of Calgary This paper examines the function of passing in the works of Lawrence Hill, Shani Mootoo, and…

  • Canada’s famous first black doctor National Review of Medicine Montreal, Quebec, Canada Volume 1, Number 4 (2004-02-28) Marvin Ross Born in Toronto in 1837, Dr Anderson Abbott was a close friend of Abe Lincoln but refused to serve in the US Colored Troops Not only was Anderson Ruffin Abbott the first black man to graduate…