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Here, There, And In Between: Travel As Metaphor In Mixed Race Narratives Of The Harlem Renaissance, Colin Enriquez Apr 2014

Here, There, And In Between: Travel As Metaphor In Mixed Race Narratives Of The Harlem Renaissance, Colin Enriquez

Colin Enriquez

Created to comment on Antebellum and Reconstruction literature, the tragic mulatto concept is habitually applied to eras beyond the 19th century. After the turn of the century, the tragic mulatto has become an end rather than a means to questioning racist and abolitionist agendas. Rejecting the pathetic, selfish, and self-destructive traits inscribed by the tragic mulatto label, this dissertation uses geographic, cultural, and racial boundary crossing to theorize a rereading of the mixed race character of Harlem Renaissance literature. Focusing on instances of train, automobile, and boat travel, the study establishes a distinct relationship between the character, transportation, and technology …


Structures Of Urban Poverty In Greg Sarris's Grand Avenue, Reginald B. Dyck Jan 2010

Structures Of Urban Poverty In Greg Sarris's Grand Avenue, Reginald B. Dyck

Reginald B Dyck

No abstract provided.


African American Whiteness In Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills, Tim Engles Jan 2009

African American Whiteness In Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills, Tim Engles

Tim Engles

No abstract provided.


Review Of Place, Language, And Identity In Afro-Costa Rican Literature, By Dorothy E. Mosby, And The Fugitive Race: Minority Writers Resisting Whiteness, By Stephen P. Knadler, Tim Engles Mar 2004

Review Of Place, Language, And Identity In Afro-Costa Rican Literature, By Dorothy E. Mosby, And The Fugitive Race: Minority Writers Resisting Whiteness, By Stephen P. Knadler, Tim Engles

Tim Engles

No abstract provided.


Revisiting And Revising The West: Willa Cather's My Antonia And Wright Morris's Plains Song, Reginald B. Dyck Jan 1990

Revisiting And Revising The West: Willa Cather's My Antonia And Wright Morris's Plains Song, Reginald B. Dyck

Reginald B Dyck

No abstract provided.