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Passing as White: The Life Altering Effects on Loved Ones<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Southern Connecticut State University
\nMay 2006
\n122 pages
\nPublication Number: AAT 1435422
\nISBN: 9780542641824<\/p>\n

Kathleen Daubney<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Science<\/em><\/p>\n

This thesis analyzes the theme of passing<\/a> in Harlem Renaissance<\/a> literature and deals with the consequences that such transitions to white society had on the passers’ friends and relatives. Choices that one person makes can have a domino and long lasting effect on his or her family and friends. This study focuses on: Passing<\/a><\/em> by Nella Larsen<\/a>, The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man<\/a><\/em> by James Weldon Johnson<\/a>, “Passing,” by Langston Hughes<\/a>, and Comedy: American Style<\/a><\/em> and Plum Bun<\/a><\/em> both by Jessie Fauset<\/a>. This thesis discusses if the family and friends have knowledge of the passing, if they had a voice in the novel, and if the children had knowledge of their heritage. It also discusses the effects passing had on the families and friends of the passers, along with their responses.<\/p>\n

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