We wear the mask : 15 true stories of passing in America

Book 2017

For some, "passing" means opportunity, access, or safety. Others don't willfully pass but are "passed" in specific situations by someone else. We wear the mask is an anthology of original essays that examines the complex reality of passing in America.

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Ethnicity United States

Passing (Identity) United States

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ISBN:

9780807078983

Description:

xii, 204 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

College application essay #2 / Brando Skyhorse
Secret lives / Achy Obejas
The inscrutable Alexander Fitten / Marc Fitten
Letter to the lady who mistook me for the help at the National Book Awards--or some meditations on style / Patrick Rosal
Passing / Teresa Wiltz
Which lie did I tell? / Trey Ellis
Negroland / Margo Jefferson
Slipping into darkness / Lisa Page
Among the heterosexuals / M. G. Lord
On historical passing and erasure / Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Stepping on a star / Gabrielle Bellot
Class acts: ways to be something you're not / Clarence Page
Jewess in wool clothing / Susan Golomb
Passing ambition / Sergio Troncoso
Terror and passing / Rafia Zakaria

LCCN:

2016058349

Control Number:

2376336

Other Authors:

Page, Lisa Frazier, editor
Skyhorse, Brando, editor

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