عنوان

Crossing b(l)ack :

(Number (ISBN

1572339772

(Number (ISBN

9781572339774

Erroneous ISBN

1572339322

Erroneous ISBN

9781572339323

Title Proper

Crossing b(l)ack :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture /

First Statement of Responsibility

Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Knoxville :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Tennessee Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2013.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 171 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-159) and index.

Text of Note

What's old is new again, or The brand new fetish : black/white bodies in American racial discourse -- From Naxos to Copenhagen : Helga Crane's mixed-race aspirations in Nella Larsen's Quicksand -- Homeward bound : negotiating borders in Lucinda Roy's Lady Moses and Danzy Senna's Caucasia -- "This is how memory works" : boundary crossing, belonging, and Blackness in mixed-race autobiographies -- B(l)ack to last drop? Mariah Carey, Halle Berry, and the complexities of racial identity in popular culture.

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The past two decades have seen a growing influx of biracial discourse in fiction, memoir, and theory, and since the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency, debates over whether America has entered a "post-racial" phase have set the media abuzz. In this penetrating and provocative study, the author adds a new dimension to this dialogue as she investigates the ways in which various mixed-race writers and public figures have redefined both "blackness" and "whiteness" by invoking multiple racial identities. Focusing on several key novels - Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1928), Lucinda Roy's Lady Moses (1998), and Danzy Senna's Caucasia (1998) - as well as memoirs by Obama, James McBride, and Rebecca Walker and the personae of singer Mariah Carey and actress Halle Berry, the author challenges conventional claims about biracial identification with a concept she calls "black-sentient mixed-race identity." Whereas some multiracial organizations can diminish blackness by, for example, championing the inclusion of multiple-race options on census forms and similar documents, a black-sentient consciousness stresses a perception rooted in blackness - "a connection to a black consciousness," writes the author, "that does not overdetermine but still plays a large role in one's racial identification." By examining the nuances of this concept through close readings of fiction, memoir, and the public images of mixed-race celebrities, this book demonstrates how a "black-sentient mixed-race identity reconciles the widening separation between black/white mixed race and blackness that has been encouraged by contemporary mixed-race politics and popular culture."

Title

Crossing b(l)ack.

International Standard Book Number

9781572339323

African Americans-- Race identity.

American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.

American fiction-- 21st century-- History and criticism.

Passing (Identity) in literature.

Racially mixed people in literature.

Racially mixed people-- Race identity-- United States.

African Americans-- Race identity.

American fiction.

LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.

LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.

Passing (Identity) in literature.

Racially mixed people in literature.

Racially mixed people-- Race identity.

United States.

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LIT-- 004020

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Edition

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Dagbovie-Mullins, Sika A.

Date of Transaction

20200823043941.0

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[Book]

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