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Passing

Author: Nella Larsen
Publisher: Blacksburg, VA : Wilder Publications, Inc., [2010] ©2010
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : First EditionView all editions and formats
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Passing confronts the reality of racial passing. The novel focuses on two childhood friends Clare and Irene, both of whom are light skinned enough to pass as white, who have reconnected with one another after many years apart. Clare has chosen to pass while Irene has embraced her racial heritage and become an important member of her community.
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Genre/Form: Psychological fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nella Larsen
ISBN: 9781515432418 1515432416 9781604599947 1604599944
OCLC Number: 1048628963
Description: 83 pages ; 24 cm
Contents: Part One. Encounter --
Part Two. Re-encounter --
Part Three. Finale.
Responsibility: by Nella Larsen.

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Passing confronts the reality of racial passing. The novel focuses on two childhood friends Clare and Irene, both of whom are light skinned enough to pass as white, who have reconnected with one another after many years apart. Clare has chosen to pass while Irene has embraced her racial heritage and become an important member of her community.

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