Crossing Black: Mixed-Race Identity in Modern American Fiction and Culture

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B(l)ack Crossing Mixed-Race Identity in Modern American Fiction and Culture Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins The University of Tennessee Press Knoxville Crossing B(l)ack [ Copyright © 2013 by The University of Tennessee Press / Knoxville. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. First Edition. A section of chapter 3 was previously published as “Fading to White, Fading Away: Biracial Bodies in Michelle Cliff’s Abeng and Danzy Senna’s Caucasia” in African American Review 40.1 (Spring 2006). Parts of chapter 5 were published in “StarLight , Star-Bright, Star Damn Near White: Mixed Race Superstars” in The Journal of Popular Culture 40.2 (April 2007). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dagbovie-Mullins, Sika A. Crossing b(l)ack: mixed-race identity in modern American fiction and culture / Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-57233-977-4 ISBN-10: 1-57233-977-2 1. American fiction—20th century—History and criticism. 2. American fiction—21st century—History and criticism. 3. African Americans—Race identity. 4. Racially mixed people in literature. 5. Racially mixed people—Race identity—United States. 6. Passing (Identity) in literature. I. Title. PS374.N4D34 2013 813'.5409896073—dc23 2012020592 For my parents, Prospero and Frances Dagbovie ...