Introduction : mixed race in the post-race era -- The mis-education of mixed race -- The "ethno-ambiguo hostility syndrome" of the "halfrican American" : mixed race in Aaron Mcgruder's The boondocks and Nate Creekmore's Maintaining -- Passing in the post-race era : Danzy Senna's Caucasia, Philip Roth's The human stain, and Colson Whitehead's The intuitionist -- People just like us : Emily Raboteau's The professor's daughter, Danzy Senna's Symptomatic, and the mixed race anti-Bildungsroman -- "They's mo to bein' black than meets the eye!" : performing mixed race in Dave Chappelle's "The racial draft" and Carl Hancock Rux's Talk.
0
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The Souls of Mixed Folk examines representations of mixed race in literature and the arts that redefine new millennial aesthetics and politics. Focusing on black-white mixes, Elam analyzes expressive works-novels, drama, graphic narrative, late-night television, art installations-as artistic rejoinders to the perception that post-Civil Rights politics are bereft and post-Black art is apolitical. Reorienting attention to the cultural invention of mixed race from the social sciences to the humanities, Elam considers the creative work of Lezley Saar, Aaron McGruder, Nate Creekmore, Da.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Souls of mixed folk.
International Standard Book Number
9780804756297
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans in literature.
American literature-- 21st century-- History and criticism.