The Resource A chosen exile : a history of racial passing in American life, Allyson Hobbs
A chosen exile : a history of racial passing in American life, Allyson Hobbs
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The item A chosen exile : a history of racial passing in American life, Allyson Hobbs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- It was a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap into another. To pass as white in the antebellum South was to escape the shackles of slavery. When the initially hopeful period of Reconstruction proved short-lived, passing became an opportunity to defy Jim Crow and strike out on one's own. Hobbs explores the possibilities and challenges that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions. It is also a tale of grief, loneliness, and isolation that often accompanied the rewards
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 382 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: To live a life elsewhere
- White is the color of freedom
- Waiting on a white man's chance
- Lost kin
- Searching for a new soul in Harlem
- Coming home
- Epilogue: On identity
- Isbn
- 9780674368101
- Label
- A chosen exile : a history of racial passing in American life
- Title
- A chosen exile
- Title remainder
- a history of racial passing in American life
- Statement of responsibility
- Allyson Hobbs
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Race identity | History
- Afro-amerikaner -- historia
- Entfremdung
- Ethnische Identität
- Exiles
- Exiles -- United States -- History
- History
- Identitätspolitik
- Métis -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Noirs américains -- Identité collective | Histoire
- Passing (Identity)
- Passing (Identity) -- United States -- History
- African Americans -- Race identity
- Racially mixed people
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- History
- Rasrelationer -- historia
- Relations interethniques
- Social sciences
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History
- États-Unis -- Relations interethniques | Histoire
- Race relations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It was a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap into another. To pass as white in the antebellum South was to escape the shackles of slavery. When the initially hopeful period of Reconstruction proved short-lived, passing became an opportunity to defy Jim Crow and strike out on one's own. Hobbs explores the possibilities and challenges that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions. It is also a tale of grief, loneliness, and isolation that often accompanied the rewards
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hobbs, Allyson Vanessa
- Dewey number
- 305.800973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.625
- LC item number
- .H63 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African Americans
- Passing (Identity)
- Racially mixed people
- Exiles
- United States
- African Americans
- Exiles
- Passing (Identity)
- Race relations
- Racially mixed people
- United States
- Ethnische Identität
- Entfremdung
- Identitätspolitik
- USA
- Noirs américains
- Métis
- Relations interethniques
- États-Unis
- Afro-amerikaner
- Rasrelationer
- Label
- A chosen exile : a history of racial passing in American life, Allyson Hobbs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: To live a life elsewhere -- White is the color of freedom -- Waiting on a white man's chance -- Lost kin -- Searching for a new soul in Harlem -- Coming home -- Epilogue: On identity
- Control code
- ocn875999888
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 382 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674368101
- Lccn
- 2014008725
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780674368101
- (OCoLC)875999888
- Label
- A chosen exile : a history of racial passing in American life, Allyson Hobbs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: To live a life elsewhere -- White is the color of freedom -- Waiting on a white man's chance -- Lost kin -- Searching for a new soul in Harlem -- Coming home -- Epilogue: On identity
- Control code
- ocn875999888
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 382 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674368101
- Lccn
- 2014008725
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780674368101
- (OCoLC)875999888
Subject
- African Americans -- Race identity | History
- Afro-amerikaner -- historia
- Entfremdung
- Ethnische Identität
- Exiles
- Exiles -- United States -- History
- History
- Identitätspolitik
- Métis -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Noirs américains -- Identité collective | Histoire
- Passing (Identity)
- Passing (Identity) -- United States -- History
- African Americans -- Race identity
- Racially mixed people
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- History
- Rasrelationer -- historia
- Relations interethniques
- Social sciences
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History
- États-Unis -- Relations interethniques | Histoire
- Race relations
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