Wald, Gayle, 1965-

Crossing the line : racial passing in twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture / Gayle Wald - Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2000 - xiii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New Americanists .

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 1995

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index

0822325152 (pbk. : alk. paper) Hadiah 0822324792 (cloth : alk. paper)


American prose literature--History and criticism--20th century
Passing (Identity)--History--United States--20th century
American prose literature--African American authors--History and criticism
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century
Racially mixed people in literature
Passing (Identity) in literature
African Americans in literature
Group identity in literature
Race in literature