A Century Passing

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Passing

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Author : Nella Larsen
language : en
Publisher: Alien Ebooks
Release Date : 2022

Passing written by Nella Larsen and has been published by Alien Ebooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Fiction categories.

Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen (1891 –1964) published just two novels and three short stories in her lifetime, but achieved lasting literary acclaim. Her classic novel Passing first appeared in 1926.

A Chosen Exile

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Author : Allyson Hobbs
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-13

A Chosen Exile written by Allyson Hobbs and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Between the eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and community. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap into another. This revelatory history of passing explores the possibilities and challenges that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions. It also tells a tale of loss. As racial relations in America have evolved so has the significance of passing. To pass as white in the antebellum South was to escape the shackles of slavery. After emancipation, many African Americans came to regard passing as a form of betrayal, a selling of one’s birthright. When the initially hopeful period of Reconstruction proved short-lived, passing became an opportunity to defy Jim Crow and strike out on one’s own. Although black Americans who adopted white identities reaped benefits of expanded opportunity and mobility, Hobbs helps us to recognize and understand the grief, loneliness, and isolation that accompanied—and often outweighed—these rewards. By the dawning of the civil rights era, more and more racially mixed Americans felt the loss of kin and community was too much to bear, that it was time to “pass out” and embrace a black identity. Although recent decades have witnessed an increasingly multiracial society and a growing acceptance of hybridity, the problem of race and identity remains at the center of public debate and emotionally fraught personal decisions.

Passing

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Author : Nella Larsen
language : en
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Release Date : 2021-10-29

Passing written by Nella Larsen and has been published by Serpent's Tail this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-29 with Fiction categories.

Now a major Netflix film starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and Alexander Skarsgård Childhood friends Clare and Irene are both light-skinned enough to pass as white, but only one of them has chosen to cross the colour line and live with the secret hanging over her. Clare believes she had successfully cut herself off from any connection to her past. Married to a racist white man who is oblivious to her African-American heritage, it is vital to her that the truth remains hidden. Irene is living as a middle-class Black woman with her husband and children in Harlem, taking on an important role in her community and embracing her origins. Both women are forced to re-examine their relationships with each other, with their husbands and with the truth, confronting their most closely guarded fears. Nella Larsen's powerful, tragic and acutely observant writing established her as a lodestar of America's Harlem Renaissance. Almost a century later, Passing and its nuanced exploration of the many fraught ways in which we seek to survive remains as timely as ever

The Historian S Passing

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Author : Lynn Domina
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2018-10-01

The Historian S Passing written by Lynn Domina and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-01 with Literary Criticism categories.

This meticulously annotated edition of Nella Larsen's novel Passing contextualizes the novel's many historical and cultural references and introduces readers to a central theme: crossing the color line in the hopes of living a more privileged life. Nella Larsen's Passing is widely regarded as a classic novel of African American literature—a groundbreaking work in which the author keenly depicted an under-acknowledged element of early 20th-century American life: crossing the "color line" in the hopes of living a more privileged life. Now, readers can appreciate the full text of Larsen's masterpiece, accompanied throughout by invaluable annotations that transform this classic into a fascinating historical documentation of American life and society during the Harlem Renaissance. This meticulously annotated edition draws on the wealth of race scholarship that has been produced during the last generation to contextualize the novel's many historical and cultural references. It includes introductory essays focusing on Nella Larsen's life and its influence on her novel, and on events in American history and culture that appear in the novel. The book concludes with a comprehensive list of resources for further research.

Passing

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Author : Nella Larsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-04-21

Passing written by Nella Larsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-21 with categories.

Passing, the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen (1891-1964), is presented here as a modernist masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance era which resists easy categorization. Viewed as a comedy of manners, a domestic drama, a murder mystery, as well as a "race" novel, Larsen's narrative crosses boundaries of genre and offers insights into the gender, racial, and class concerns of the black bourgeoisie in the early decades of the 20th century. Irene Redfield, an upper middle-class African American woman, finds her tightly-controlled domestic sphere is turned topsy-turvy by the sudden reappearance of her childhood friend, the seductive and enigmatic Clare Kendry, as both are drawn into a fascinating world of racial masquerades and illicit affairs.Darkinboddy Editions publishes novels, essays, and short stories by 19th and early 20th century American authors as part of a larger undertaking designed to introduce modern readers to important historical texts. These unique editions are affiliated with The Darkinboddy Chronicles, a web-based project authored by Rebecca L. Williams. Visit our website: www.darkinboddy.com

Long Time Passing

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Author : Pimento Poets Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014

Long Time Passing written by Pimento Poets Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.

Crossing The Line

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Author : Gayle Wald
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Release Date : 2000-07-24

Crossing The Line written by Gayle Wald and has been published by Duke University Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-24 with History categories.

DIVExamines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including Black Like Me and forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow’s memoir Really the Blues./div

Giphantia

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Author : Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-21

Giphantia written by Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-21 with Literary Collections categories.

Excerpt from Giphantia: Or, a View of the What Has Passed, What Is Now Passing, And, During the Present Century, What Will Pass, in the World The (mall part, I have preferv'd, is what I am now If it has no other merit, certainly it has novelty to recommend it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Passing Of An Illusion

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Author : François Furet
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1999-06-01

The Passing Of An Illusion written by François Furet and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-01 with Political Science categories.

François Furet was acknowledged as the twentieth century's preeminent historian of the French Revolution. But years before his death, he turned his attention to the consequences and aftermath of another critical revolution—the Communist revolution. The result, Le passé d'une illusion, is a penetrating history of the ideological passions that have fueled and characterized the modern era. "This may well be the most illuminating study ever devoted to the question of appeal exerted not only by Communism but also by the Nazi and other fascist varieties of totalitarianism in this century."—Hilton Kramer, New Criterion "A subtle, nuanced but gripping study of the most pervasive and destructive illusion in the 20th century." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review "The Passing of an Illusion . . . is both a profound work of intellectual history that takes its place alongside other great studies of the leftist heresy . . . and a relentless diagnosis of the self-subversive risks that are inherent in democratic regimes. "—Roger Kaplan, Washington Times " A remarkable book. . . . Stimulating and challenging. . . . A man widely read in several languages, Furet clearly knew his way around 20th-century Europe, even unto the dark alleys that figure on no existing map. "—Mark Falcoff, Commentary "A history of ideas, this work is not for the faint of heart, yet those who challenge it will discover a signal contribution to the literature of Communism."—Booklist "Imperious and stunningly confident, grand in conception and expansive in manner, packed with fascinating detail and often incisive judgements."—John Dunn, Times Higher Education Supplement "The Passing of an Illusion is brilliant, and one would be hard pressed to find better writing of history than the first chapter, which traces the roots of modern political thinking back to the nineteenth century."—J. Arch Getty, Atlantic Monthly "A brilliant and important book. . . . The publication of the American edition makes accessible to the general reader the most thought-provoking historical assessment of communism in Europe to appear since its collapse."—Jeffrey Herf, Wall Street Journal François Furet (1927-1997), educator and author, was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and was elected, in 1997, to become one of the "Forty Immortals" of the Académie Française, the highest intellectual honor in France. His many books include Interpreting the French Revolution, Marx and the French Revolution, and Revolutionary France. Deborah Furet, his widow, collaborated with him on many projects.

How The Word Is Passed

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Author : Clint Smith
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-06-01

How The Word Is Passed written by Clint Smith and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with History categories.

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish) Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - which offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping a nation's collective history, and our own. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our most essential stories are hidden in plain view - whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth or entire neighbourhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women and children has been deeply imprinted. How the Word is Passed is a landmark book that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of the United States. Chosen as a book of the year by President Barack Obama, The Economist, Time, the New York Times and more, fans of Brit(ish) and Natives will be utterly captivated. What readers are saying about How the Word is Passed: 'How the Word Is Passed frees history, frees humanity to reckon honestly with the legacy of slavery. We need this book.' Ibram X. Kendi, Number One New York Times bestselling author 'An extraordinary contribution to the way we understand ourselves.' Julian Lucas, New York Times Book Review 'The detail and depth of the storytelling is vivid and visceral, making history present and real.' Hope Wabuke, NPR 'This isn't just a work of history, it's an intimate, active exploration of how we're still constructing and distorting our history." Ron Charles, The Washington Post 'In re-examining neighbourhoods, holidays and quotidian sites, Smith forces us to reconsider what we think we know about American history.' Time 'A history of slavery in this country unlike anything you've read before.' Entertainment Weekly 'A beautifully written, evocative, and timely meditation on the way slavery is commemorated in the United States.' Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author