The last decades have seen a shift in racial thought in the U.S. The discourses vary from the statement that the U.S. has moved beyond race to the post-racial neoliberalist discourse in which 'essential' identities are fragments of the social past and its continuance has the function of renewing race and racism. As these discourses gain ground in the U.S. society, the issue of fighting racism becomes more slippery. This book seeks to analyze the meanings attached to the rebirth of novels that deal with the concept of passing for white from the 80's on and its relation with the fragmentation...
The last decades have seen a shift in racial thought in the U.S. The discourses vary from the statement that the U.S. has moved beyond race to the pos...
