A Chosen Exile
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, Discrimination & Race Relations, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
| Author: | Allyson Hobbs | ISBN: | 9780674744813 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Allyson Hobbs |
| ISBN: | 9780674744813 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | October 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Countless African Americans have passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile. This history of passing explores the possibilities, challenges, and losses that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions.
Countless African Americans have passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile. This history of passing explores the possibilities, challenges, and losses that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions.
