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The canary in the post-racial coal mine
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The canary in the post-racial coal mine
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the 21st century mulatto in American fiction
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21st century mulatto in American fiction
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Twenty-first century mulatto in American fiction
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Huertas
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Roxanne
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1980-
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Roxanne Huertas
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Stuart
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Stuart Charme
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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2013
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2013-05
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The American mulatto has been employed by writers over time to provide commentary on American race relations. We can look to antebellum writers like Lydia Marie Child or William Wells Brown as an example of the state of the black-white dynamic prior to or just following the Civil War. Examining Nella Larsen’s Passing can give insight into the status of race relations during the Harlem Renaissance. But as America has evolved into a so-called post-racial society, does the mulatto still serve as a vehicle for commentary on American race relations? Through a brief examination of earlier examples of literature with these biracial characters coupled with an in depth analysis of two contemporary novels, Danzy Senna’s Caucasia and Heidi Durrow’s The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, this paper will show several of the ways in which the mulatto does provide a model in which to gauge American race relations, for better or for worse.
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Liberal Studies
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iii, 32 p.
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M.A.L.S.
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by Roxanne Huertas
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Racially mixed people in literature--21st century--History and criticism
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American fiction--21st century--History and criticism
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Camden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD graduate
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Roxanne
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2013-05-07 11:21:49
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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