Tragic No More: Mixed-Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and Celebrity

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TragicNoMore q “This page intentionally left blank” TRAGICNOMORE Mixed-Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and Celebrity q CarolineA.Streeter UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS Amherst and Boston Copyright © 2012 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America ISBN 978-1-55849-985-0 (paper); 984-3 (hardcover) Designed by Sally Nichols Set in Adobe Caslon Pro Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Streeter, Caroline A., 1962– Tragic no more : mixed-race women and the nexus of sex and celebrity / Caroline A. Streeter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55849-985-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-55849-984-3 (hardbound : alk. paper) 1. American literature—21st century—History and criticism. 2. Race in literature. 3. Racially mixed women in literature. 4. Racially mixed people in motion pictures. 5. Racially mixed women—Race identity—United States. I.Title. PS231.R32S77 2012 810.9'3522—dc23 2012031201 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. To my family: James, Lou, and Vicky Streeter q “This page intentionally left blank” ...