Near Black: White-to-Black Passing in American Culture

Table of Contents

contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 White Panic and White Passing: Slavery and Reconstruction 15 2 Dy(e)ing to Be Black: “Mars Jeems’s Nightmare,” Black Like Me, and Watermelon Man 41 3 Black Like She: Grace Halsell and the Sexuality of Passing 71 4 Contagious Beats: Passing, Autobiography, and Discourses of American Music 93 5 Is Passing Passé in a “Post-Race” World? 121 Epilogue: Hits and Misses of a Racial Free-for-All 141 Notes 151 Index 179 ...