Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
English
Date of Award
12-2005
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Thomas A. Holmes
Committee Members
Karen L. Cajka, Mark Holland
Abstract
Passing, both standard and reverse, is the process of changing ethnicity. The methodology of reverse passing varies, but claiming "no color" is ineffective in fact and fiction as can be seen in James McBride's The Color of Water, Shirlee Taylor Haizlip's The Sweeter the Juice, Danzy Senna's Caucasia, and Rosellen Brown's Half a Heart. The characters in these texts attempt indefinite ethnicity by denying color and are prone to restlessness and failure until they accept racial duality.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Hughes, Anita Louise, "Indefinite Ethnicity in Fact and Fiction: "Invisible Color" or "Honkified Meanderings"?" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1084. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1084
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
Included in
English Language and Literature Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons