Race Passing and American Individualism

By Kathleen Pfeiffer

Book Overview

In the literature of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America, black characters who pass for white embody a paradox. By virtue of the "one drop" rule that long governed the nation's race... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558493778
• ISBN13: 9781558493773
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"