Crossing b(l)ack mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture /
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 & ldquo;post-racial & rdquo; phase have set the media abuzz. In this penetrating and...
Основен автор: | Dagbovie-Mullins, Sika A. |
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Формат: | Електронен |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
℗♭2013.
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Издание: | 1st ed. |
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=533176 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Crossing b(l)ack. |
Резюме: |
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 & ldquo;post-racial & rdquo; phase have set the media abuzz. In this penetrating and provocative study, Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins adds a new dimension to this dialogue as she investigates the ways in which various mixed-race writers and public figures have redefined both & ldquo;blackness & rdquo; and & ldquo;whiteness & rdquo; by invoking multiple racial identities. Focusing on several key novels & mdash;Nella Larsen & rsquo;s Quicksand (1928), Lucinda Roy & rsquo;s Lady Moses (1998), and Danzy Senna & rsquo;s Caucasia (1998) & mdash;as well as memoirs by Obama, James McBride, and Rebecca Walker and the personae of singer Mariah Carey and actress Halle Berry, Dagbovie-Mullins challenges conventional claims about biracial identification with a concept she calls & ldquo;black-sentient mixed-race identity. & rdquo; 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 & mdash; & ldquo;a connection to a black consciousness, & rdquo; writes the author, & ldquo;that does not overdetermine but still plays a large role in one & rsquo;s racial identification. & rdquo; By examining the nuances of this concept through close readings of fiction, memoir, and the public images of mixed-race celebrities, Dagbovie-Mullins demonstrates how a & ldquo;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. & rdquo; A book that promises to spark new debate and thoughtful reconsiderations of an especially timely topic, Crossing B(l)ack recognizes and investigates assertions of a black-centered mixed-race identity that does not divorce a premodern racial identity from a postmodern racial fluidity. SIKA A. DAGBOVIE-MULLINS is associate professor in the Department of English at Florida Atlantic University. Her articles have appeared in African American Review, the Journal of Popular Culture, and other publications. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 171 pages) |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-159) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781572339774 1572339772 |