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Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / N. Megan Kelley.

By: Material type: Computer fileComputer filePublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2018.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)ISBN:
  • 9781496806314 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43653
Online resources: Summary: Representations of passing enabled Americans to express anxieties about who they were and who they imagined their neighbours to be. By showing how pervasive the anxiety about passing was, this work broadens the literature on passing in a fundamental way. It also opens up important counter-narratives about postwar America and how the language of identity developed in this critical period of American history.
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Representations of passing enabled Americans to express anxieties about who they were and who they imagined their neighbours to be. By showing how pervasive the anxiety about passing was, this work broadens the literature on passing in a fundamental way. It also opens up important counter-narratives about postwar America and how the language of identity developed in this critical period of American history.

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