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Were there any instances of Clare being ostracized or viewed with suspicion by anyone but Irene when she joins in the black community? I am not remembering anyone feeling ill will toward her because she was passing. Most of the characters seemed to exist on a social plane where they could cling to a pretense, for the most part, that race didn't much matter. |
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I also found the ambiguities to be a major charm of the book. I was interested in the glimpse the book gave of an African-American bourgeoisie, making a space for itself in the Jazz Age. I was intrigued by some of the references, like Idlewild. I have been meaning to read Margo Jefferson's Negroland for a while now. I think I want to move that up in my reading queue. |
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03-05-2018, 11:15 PM | #154 |
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I considered nominating Negroland for this category and also mean to get to it soonish. I'm glad to have read Passing first; the discussion here has given a lot of context for it.
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It sounds very interesting indeed. And what's more, my local library has it!
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The New York Times has been publishing a series of obituaries for notable women they overlooked at the time of death; today's is for Nella Larsen.
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03-24-2018, 05:59 PM | #159 |
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Thanks very much for this, issybird. An interesting project.
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03-25-2018, 12:18 AM | #160 |
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An interesting project, and an interesting obituary. Thanks.
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03-26-2018, 08:12 PM | #161 |
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Thanks so much for posting the link, issybird. It gives a lot of context for Passing.
I recently read Negroland. Margo Jefferson describes in the setting of when she was actively considering suicide in the late 1970s, Nella Larsen's heroines drift towards death as a form of suicide by misadventure. One wonders if Larsen drifted into a social death by estrangement from her physical and intellectual families. |
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That's an interesting thought bfisher. I thought it very sad that she seemed to be so isolated from everyone, to the point of her sister denying the relationship.
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Overdue podcast just did an episode about Passing which you might find interesting. They discuss the book, its context, Larsen and the Harlem Renaissance.
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The movie sounds like it will be good. (*the boilerplate spoiler warning at the start of each episode includes "...and anyway these are books you should have read by now") |
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