Passing into the present : contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing /: contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sinéad Moynihan.
• Other Names: Moynihan, Sinéad
• Contents: Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: 'passing' into the present: passing narratives then and now; 2 Living parchments, human documents: passing, racial identity and the literary marketplace; 3 The way of the cross( -dresser): Catholicism, gender and race in two novels by Louise Erdrich; 4 (W)Rites-of-passing: shifting racial and gender identities in Caucasia and Middlesex; 5 Bodies/texts: passing and writing in The White Boy Shuffle and The Human Stain; 6 Conclusion: 'passing' fads?: recent controversies of authenticity and authorship; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages)
• Subjects: 813.5409353; American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Passing (Identity) in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Gender identity in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; American fiction; Ethnicity in literature; Gender identity in literature; Passing (Identity) in literature; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781781702727; 1781702721; 9781847793294; 1847793290
• Related ISBNs: 9780719082290; 0719082293
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.