About the book
The first volume to focus on the trope of racial passing in novels, memoirs, television, and films published or produced between 1990 and 2010, Passing Interest takes the scholarly conversation on passing into the twenty-first century. With contributors working in the fields of African American studies, American studies, cultural studies, film studies, literature, and media studies, this book offers a rich, interdisciplinary survey of critical approaches to a broad range of contemporary passing texts. Contributors frame recent passing texts with a wide array of cultural discourses, including immigration law, the Post-Soul Aesthetic, contemporary political satire, affirmative action, the paradoxes of \"colorblindness,\" and the rhetoric of \"post-racialism.\" Many explore whether \"one drop\" of blood still governs our sense of racial identity, or to what extent contemporary American culture allows for the racially indeterminate individual. Some essays open the scholarly conversation to focus on \"ethnic\" passers—individuals who complicate the traditional black-white binary—while others explore the slippage between traditional racial passing and related forms of racial performance, including blackface minstrelsy and racial masquerade.
Editions of Passing Interest
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781438452272
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781438452289
- PDF
- ISBN 9781438452296
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The first volume to focus on the trope of racial passing in novels, memoirs, television, and films published or produced between 1990 and 2010, Passing Interest takes the scholarly conversation on passing into the twenty-first century. With contributors working in the fields of African American studies, American studies, cultural studies, film studies, literature, and media studies, this book offers a rich, interdisciplinary survey of critical approaches to a broad range of contemporary passing texts. Contributors frame recent passing texts with a wide array of cultural discourses, including immigration law, the Post-Soul Aesthetic, contemporary political satire, affirmative action, the paradoxes of \"colorblindness,\" and the rhetoric of \"post-racialism.\" Many explore whether \"one drop\" of blood still governs our sense of racial identity, or to what extent contemporary American culture allows for the racially indeterminate individual. Some essays open the scholarly conversation to focus on \"ethnic\" passers—individuals who complicate the traditional black-white binary—while others explore the slippage between traditional racial passing and related forms of racial performance, including blackface minstrelsy and racial masquerade.
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What is Passing Interest about?
The first volume to focus on the trope of racial passing in novels, memoirs, television, and films published or produced between 1990 and 2010, Passing Interest takes the scholarly conversation on passing into the twenty-first century. With contributors working in the fields of African American studies, American studies, cultural studies, film studies, literature, and media studies, this book offers a rich, interdisciplinary survey of critical approaches to a broad range of contemporary passing texts. Contributors frame recent passing texts with a wide array of cultural discourses, including immigration law, the Post-Soul Aesthetic, contemporary political satire, affirmative action, the paradoxes of \"colorblindness,\" and the rhetoric of \"post-racialism.\" Many explore whether \"one drop\" of blood still governs our sense of racial identity, or to what extent contemporary American culture allows for the racially indeterminate individual. Some essays open the scholarly conversation to focus on \"ethnic\" passers—individuals who complicate the traditional black-white binary—while others explore the slippage between traditional racial passing and related forms of racial performance, including blackface minstrelsy and racial masquerade.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Passing Interest?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
Where can I read a sample of Passing Interest?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781438452272
How long is Passing Interest and how many pages does it have?
Passing Interest has 360 page(s)
Is Passing Interest part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in Multiethnic Literatures
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Passing Interest?
Julie Cary Nerad
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Passing Interest is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781438452272) and paperback(ISBN 9781438452289) and pdf(ISBN 9781438452296)
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