Passing for What? Racial Masquerade and the Demands of Upward Mobility

Passing for What? Racial Masquerade and the Demands of Upward Mobility

Harper discusses the social-critical significance of racial passing in the US context. Racial passing refers to anyone who, while legally designated as black, lives successfully as white for a significant time.

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Veröffentlicht in:Callaloo 1998-04, Vol.21 (2), p.381-397
1. Verfasser: Harper, Phillip Brian
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African American culture
African Americans
Black communities
Black people
Masquerades
Mothers
Narratives
Passing
Racial identity
Society
White people
Whiteness studies
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Zusammenfassung:Harper discusses the social-critical significance of racial passing in the US context. Racial passing refers to anyone who, while legally designated as black, lives successfully as white for a significant time.
ISSN:0161-2492
1080-6512
1080-6512
DOI:10.1353/cal.1998.0108