THE CONFOUNDING PROBLEM OF RACE: PASSING AND ADOPTION IN CHARLES CHESNUTT'S "THE QUARRY"

THE CONFOUNDING PROBLEM OF RACE: PASSING AND ADOPTION IN CHARLES CHESNUTT'S "THE QUARRY"

Callahan discusses Charles Chesnutt's 1928 novel "The Quarry." In the novel, Chestnutt combines the themes of passing and adoption to create what might be called an anti-passing novel--one that not only opposes passing but also inverts the expected tropes of the passing novel by havin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Modern fiction studies 2002-07, Vol.48 (2), p.314-340
1. Verfasser: Callahan, Cynthia A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adopted children
Adoption
African American culture
African Americans
Black communities
Chestnutt, Charles
Literary criticism
Novels
Parents
Passing
Race
Racial identity
Rhetorical figures
White people
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Zusammenfassung:Callahan discusses Charles Chesnutt's 1928 novel "The Quarry." In the novel, Chestnutt combines the themes of passing and adoption to create what might be called an anti-passing novel--one that not only opposes passing but also inverts the expected tropes of the passing novel by having a white man pass for black.
ISSN:0026-7724
1080-658X
1080-658X
DOI:10.1353/mfs.2002.0017