The Performance of Racial Passing
The Performance of Racial Passing https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/t-magazine/passing-nella-larsen-brit-bennett.html The author Nella Larsen, photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten.Credit...Carl Van Vechten, © Van Vechten Trust, Courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University Sections The Performance of Racial Passing Though Nella Larsen’s classic 1929 novel is understood to be a tragedy, it also exposes race to be something of a farce. The author Nella Larsen, photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten.Credit...Carl Van Vechten, © Van Vechten Trust, Courtesy of...
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