In this Book
- The White Negress: Literature, Minstrelsy, and the Black-Jewish Imaginary
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
- Series: The American Literatures Initiative
summary
During the first half of the twentieth century, American Jews demonstrated a commitment to racial justice as well as an attraction to African American culture. Until now, the debate about whether such black-Jewish encounters thwarted or enabled Jews' claims to white privilege has focused on men and representations of masculinity while ignoring questions of women and femininity. The White Negress investigates literary and cultural texts by Jewish and African American women, opening new avenues of inquiry that yield more complex stories about Jewishness, African American identity, and the meanings of whiteness.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9780813549897
Related ISBN(s)
9780813547824
MARC Record
OCLC
774279017
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No