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LEADER: 01927nam a22003498a 4500
001 2008023696
003 DLC
005 20080603164331.0
008 080530s2009 mau b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aF379.N59$bC878 2009
082 00 $a305.896/073076335$222
100 1 $aThompson, Shirley Elizabeth.
245 10 $aExiles at home :$bthe struggle to become American in Creole New Orleans /$cShirley Elizabeth Thompson.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0902
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: Passing as American -- Seeking shelter under white skin -- Failing to become white -- Claiming birthright in the Creole city -- Establishing propriety in the city of sin -- Choosing to become Black -- Epilogue: No enviable dilemma.
520 $a"The experiences of New Orleans' Creoles of color crystallize the problem of living on the 'color line,' a problem that W.E.B. DuBois would articulate at the dawn of the twentieth century. Exiles at home highlights the costs and benefits of becoming American, as Creoles of color passed among various racial categories and through different social spaces"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aCreoles$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory.
650 0 $aCreoles$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aCreoles$xRace identity$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans.
650 0 $aRacially mixed people$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory.
650 0 $aRacially mixed people$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aRacially mixed people$xRace identity$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans.
651 0 $aNew Orleans (La.)$xRace relations.
650 0 $aAssimilation (Sociology)$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory.
651 0 $aNew Orleans (La.)$xSocial conditions.