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100 1 $aStreeter, Caroline A.,$d1962-
245 10 $aTragic no more :$bmixed-race women and the nexus of sex and celebrity /$cCaroline A. Streeter.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$cc2012.
300 $ax, 160 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEssie Mae Washington-Williams's secrets and Strom Thurmond's lies -- The wedding's black/white women in prime time -- Sex and femininity in Danzy Senna's novels -- Faking the funk? Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and the politics of passing -- From tragedy to triumph: Dorothy Dandridge, Halle Berry, and the search for a Black screen goddess -- High (mulatto) hopes: the rise and fall of Philippa Schuyler -- Afterword.
520 $a"This book examines popular representations of biracial women of black and white descent in the United States, focusing on novels, television, music, and film. Although the emphasis is on the 1990s, the historical arc of the study begins in the 1930s. Caroline A. Streeter explores the encounter between what she sees as two dominant narratives that frame the perception of mixed race in America. The first is based on the long-standing historical experience of white supremacy and black subjugation. The second is more recent and involves the post-Civil Rights expansion of interracial marriage and mixed-race identities. Streeter analyzes the collision of these two narratives, the cultural anxieties they have triggered, and the role of black/white women in the simultaneous creation and undoing of racial categories--a charged, ambiguous cycle in American culture. Streeter's subjects include concert pianist Philippa Schuyler, Dorothy West's novel The Wedding (in print and on screen), Danzy Senna's novels Caucasia and Symptomatic, and celebrity performing artists Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and Halle Berry. She opens with a chapter that examines the layered media response to Essie Mae Washington-Williams, Senator Strom Thurmond's biracial daughter. Throughout the book, Streeter engages the work of feminist critics and others who have written on interracial sexuality and marriage, biracial identity, the multiracial movement, and mixed race in cultural studies."--Publisher's website.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$y21st century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aRace in literature.
650 0 $aRacially mixed women in literature.
650 0 $aRacially mixed people in motion pictures.
650 0 $aRacially mixed women$xRace identity$zUnited States.
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