Passing : when people can't be who they are / Brooke Kroeger.
"Passing tells the poignant, complicated life stories of six present day "passers": a black screenwriter originally from Baltimore who passed as a white Jew; a white teacher in the South who passed for black; a working-class Puerto Rican desktop publishing expert who passes for someon...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Public Affairs, [2003], ©2003. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Passing tells the poignant, complicated life stories of six present day "passers": a black screenwriter originally from Baltimore who passed as a white Jew; a white teacher in the South who passed for black; a working-class Puerto Rican desktop publishing expert who passes for someone of more privileged background; a gay, Conservative Jewish seminarian and a lesbian naval officer who passed for straight; and a respected poet who radically shifts persona to write about rock'n'roll. Their stories, interwoven with others from history, literature, and life, explore the social realities that make passing an option in our culture and its logistical, emotional and moral consequences. They also raise fascinating questions about both the nature of identity and the structure of society. In Passing we learn that there are still too many institutions, environments, and social situations that force honorable people to twist their lives into painful, deceit-ridden contortions for reasons that do not hold."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 279 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1891620991 |
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