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Title To be suddenly white [electronic resource] : literary realism and racial passing / Steven J. Belluscio.

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Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	x, 288 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"Explores the challenges of subjective passing narratives written during the height of literary realism. Discusses racial and ethnic differences, assimilation, passing, and identity by comparing African-American narratives of James Johnson, Nella Larson, and George Schuyler and "white" ethnic (Jewish-American and Italian-American) narratives by Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, and Guido d'Agostino"--Provided by publisher.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
	American prose literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
	Minorities -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.
	African Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism.
	Assimilation (Sociology) in literature.
	Identity (Psychology) in literature.
	African Americans in literature.
	Passing (Identity) in literature.
	Human skin color in literature.
	Race awareness in literature.
	Group identity in literature.
	Ethnicity in literature.
	Realism in literature.
	Race in literature.
	Autobiography.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0826216196 (alk. paper)