Passing into the present : contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing /
Moynihan, Sinéad.
Passing into the present : contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing / Sinéad Moynihan. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages) - Contemporary American and Canadian writers . - Contemporary American and Canadian writers. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: 'passing' into the present: passing narratives then and now; 2 Living parchments, human documents: passing, racial identity and the literary marketplace; 3 The way of the cross( -dresser): Catholicism, gender and race in two novels by Louise Erdrich; 4 (W)Rites-of-passing: shifting racial and gender identities in Caucasia and Middlesex; 5 Bodies/texts: passing and writing in The White Boy Shuffle and The Human Stain; 6 Conclusion: 'passing' fads?: recent controversies of authenticity and authorship; Bibliography.
This book is a full-length study of contemporary American fiction of 'passing'. It takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gender passing in the 1990s in order to make claims about wider trends in contemporary American fiction.
English.
9781781702727 (electronic bk.) 1781702721 (electronic bk.) 9781847793294 (electronic bk.) 1847793290 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt155456j JSTOR
GBB7A0186 bnb GBB042484 bnb
015515676 Uk 018370831 Uk
2000-2099
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--21e siècle
Passing (Identité) dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Identité sexuelle dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
American fiction.
Ethnicity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS380 / .M69 2010
813.5409353
Passing into the present : contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing / Sinéad Moynihan. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages) - Contemporary American and Canadian writers . - Contemporary American and Canadian writers. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: 'passing' into the present: passing narratives then and now; 2 Living parchments, human documents: passing, racial identity and the literary marketplace; 3 The way of the cross( -dresser): Catholicism, gender and race in two novels by Louise Erdrich; 4 (W)Rites-of-passing: shifting racial and gender identities in Caucasia and Middlesex; 5 Bodies/texts: passing and writing in The White Boy Shuffle and The Human Stain; 6 Conclusion: 'passing' fads?: recent controversies of authenticity and authorship; Bibliography.
This book is a full-length study of contemporary American fiction of 'passing'. It takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gender passing in the 1990s in order to make claims about wider trends in contemporary American fiction.
English.
9781781702727 (electronic bk.) 1781702721 (electronic bk.) 9781847793294 (electronic bk.) 1847793290 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt155456j JSTOR
GBB7A0186 bnb GBB042484 bnb
015515676 Uk 018370831 Uk
2000-2099
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--21e siècle
Passing (Identité) dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Identité sexuelle dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
American fiction.
Ethnicity in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS380 / .M69 2010
813.5409353