
Passing
Product Type: Bargain Books
Price:
List price: $20.00
Available: 12
Quantity:
copies bought in the last week
About
Clare Kendry is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to pass as a white woman. Clare's childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, and is simultaneously allured and repelled by Clare's risky decision to engage in racial masquerade for personal and societal gain. After frequenting African American-centric gatherings together in Harlem, Clare's interest in Irene turns into a homoerotic longing for Irene's black identity that she abandoned and can never embrace again, and she is forced to grapple with her decision to pass for white in a way that is both tragic and telling. First published in 1929, Passing feels just as timely as ever today.
Info
ISBN: 9780143137368
Published Date: November 9, 2021
Publisher: Penguin Group
Language: English
Page Count: 160
Size: 7.77" l x 5.06" w x 0.49" h
Category
Fiction