Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Tag: Modern Language Association

Approaches to Teaching the Novels of Nella Larsen

2022-09-07

Nella Larsen’s novels Quicksand and Passing, published at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, fell out of print and were thus little known for many years. Now widely available and taught, Quicksand and Passing challenge conventional “tragic mulatta” and “passing” narratives. In part 1, “Materials,” of Approaches to Teaching the Novels of Nella Larsen, the…
James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex–Colored Man: A Century Later (Session 529)

2011-12-14

James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex–Colored Man: A Century Later (Session 529) Modern Language Association 127th MLA Annual Convention 2012-01-05 through 2012-01-05 Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washingon Program arranged by the Division on Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature Presiding Gene Andrew Jarrett, Associate Professor of English Boston University Speakers 1. “Music, Race,…
Jean Toomer and Politics (Session 465)

2011-12-14

Jean Toomer and Politics (Session 465) Modern Language Association 127th MLA Annual Convention 2012-01-05 through 2012-01-08 Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington A Special Session Saturday, 2012-01-07, 12:00-13:15 PST (Local Time) Room 6A, WSCC Presiding: Gino Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California Speakers: Barbara Clare Foley, Professor of English and…