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The white African American body : a cultural and literary exploration
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- Creator
- Charles D. Martin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2002]
- ©2002
- Physical Details
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- x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813530314, 0813530318, 9780813530321, 0813530326
- OCLC
- ocm46951585
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-214) and index.
- Introduction: A Ballyhoo for the Exhibition -- 1. The White Negro in the Early Republic -- 2. Barnum's Leopard Boy: The Reign of the Piebald Parliament -- 3. The Double Bind of the Albino: "Less Nigger and More Nigger at the Same Time" -- 4. "A Better Skin": Scenes from the Exhibition -- 5. White Negroes, Leopard Boys, and the King of Pop -- Afterword: Requiem for a Wigger
Subjects
- African Americans -- Race identity.
- Albinos and albinism -- Race identity.
- Albinos and albinism -- United States -- History.
- African Americans in popular culture.
- African Americans in literature.
- Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United States.
- Human skin color -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
- Racism -- United States -- History.
- United States -- Race relations.