That middle world : race, performance, and the politics of passing /
"During the decades leading up to the Civil War, the idea of white superiority was bolstered by rigid race laws that governed interactions between the races, targeting Black people and relegating them to the lower rungs of the racial caste system. Consequently, American literature-especially th...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2020]
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