Neither Black nor White yet Both: Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature - Couverture souple

Sollors, Werner

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674607805 ISBN 13 : 9780674607804

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Neither Black Nor White Yet Both From the origins of the term "race" to the cultural sources of the "Tragic Mulatto", and from the calculus of colour to the retellings of various plots, this work examines what is known about race, analyzing recurrent motifs in scientific and legal works as well as in fiction, drama and poetry. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Sollor's wide learning establishes vast historical and international contexts for his subject ... its value for future scholarship in a variety of fields is beyond question. (Henry B Wonham, Comparative Literature Vol 51 no 3 Summer 1999)

Among scholars working in the area of 'ethnic' literatures, Werner Sollers deservedly enjoys considerable respect and critical acclaim... Thematic Explorations in Interracial Literature is essential reading for Americanists everywhere. It is a model of theoretical sophistication and methodological rigor, and will definitely serve as the chief basis for future studies in this vast and hitherto uncharted area. - Susan Castillo, University of Glasgow (REVIEW NOT LABELLED WITH JOURNAL!)

"Werner Sollors, who has shaped much of the current scholarly discourse on ethnicity and literature, has again opened a whole new territory for inspection in this book: the topic of interracial relationships in literature, a fascinating, forbidding, often suppressed, and indeed little researched topic. Neither Black Nor White Yet Both is a landmark that bears testimony to the rich and provocative tradition of miscegenation in art and literature. Sollors offers both a plethora of intriguing thematic explorations from Shakespeare to Kleist and Faulkner, and a cultural history of censorship on interracial literature. He is a masterful guide through this thorny, yet infatuating territory."--Frank Trommler, Professor of German & Comparitive Literature, University of Pennsylvania

This text's strength lies in its eclecticism: it draws on a variety of religious and ancient source texts - and ranges across continents. A thesis that is informed and informative. His intricate readings of myths and stories, like that of Inkle and Yarico, are fascinating. This is an important contribution to scholarship in racial and cultural studies. - Sharon Monteith in American Studies, Vol.33 No.1 1999.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Why can a "white" woman give birth to a "black" baby, while a "black" woman can never give birth to a "white" baby in the United States? What makes racial "passing" so different from social mobility? Why are interracial and incestuous relations often confused or conflated in literature, making "miscegenation" appear as if it were incest? Werner Sollors examines these questions and others in this investigation of literary works that, in the past, have been read more for a black-white contrast of "either-or" thatn for an interracial realm of "neither, nor, both and in-between" From the origins of the term "race" to the cultural sources of the "Tragic Mulatto" and from the calculus of colour to the retellings of various plots, this work examines what is known about race, analyzing recurrent motifs in scientific and legal works as well as in fiction, drama and poetry.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0674607805
• ISBN 13: 9780674607804
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 592