Across these texts, gazing or looking at “the other” is central. The gaze is represented in passing in different ways but I want to focus on passing/colorism and how it is shown in the readings. Passing (in contest of Harlem Renaissance) Typically involves a person of Black/African American descent appears to be white claiming to… Continue reading blog 5 title: TBA
After reading the novel you kind of see a different side of Brian. In the film, Brian is made to be the good guy and he is a doctor and doesn’t really show that he hates his job. In the novel he says “he hates sick people” and we find out that Irene forced him… Continue reading In Class Blog Post/ Blog Post 5 Draft
Is it only passing when you’re “black” but you look “white?” Since the trope of passing has been more associated with blacks passing as whites due to the increased social privileges that they redeem, it’s been hard to understand that whites can pass for blacks. Or can they? The reality is that people who have… Continue reading Blog Post 5 – Playing two sides? What even is race?
Fire!! is known as an African American literary magazine that came to be during the Harlem Renaissance. It was considered quite controversial as it focused on explicit themes like sexuality and prostitution which offended many readers. The literary magazine Fire!! was edited by Wallace Thurman. Thurman was an active and influential writer during the Harlem… Continue reading Blog Post #5 Final Draft
The novel, Passing by Nella Larsen, has many themes and dynamics that occur between its flawed characters. Although they are married, Irene and Brian don’t exactly operate with a sense of partnership. Who is Brian to Irene? What are their dynamics? The novel reveals Irene’s thoughts and perceptions of her husband through their dialogue. The… Continue reading ‘Passing’ On True Desires for False Security Final Draft
In Harlem Renaissance literature the gaze is a common trope used to represent feelings of longing and desire. Subjects glance at the foreign or unknown “other”, visually captivated by the things that are different from them. In the eyes of Black characters however, this gaze takes on a more complicated and sometimes even devious meaning.… Continue reading The Wary Gaze: Looking at the “Exotic” and/or Dangerous — Blog Post 5 (Final)
Nella Larsen’s Passing (1929) is an insightful piece of literature on racial tension, colorism, and intracommunity struggles. But just beneath the surface, it can just as easily be read as a story about queer desire. Reading between the lines, protagonist Irene, and several other characters, may indeed be passing–not for white, but for straight. It… Continue reading Close Encounters of the Same Kind (FINAL)
Fire!! is known as an African American literary magazine that came to be during the Harlem Renaissance. It was considered quite controversial as it focused on explicit themes like sexuality and prostitution which offended many readers. The literary magazine Fire!! was edited by Wallace Thurman. Thurman was an active and influential writer during the Harlem… Continue reading Blog Post #5 Draft
The novel, Passing by Nella Larsen, has many themes and dynamics that occur between its flawed characters. Although they are married, Irene and Brian don’t exactly operate with a sense of partnership. Who is Brian to Irene? What are their dynamics? The novel reveals Irene’s thoughts and perceptions of her husband through their dialogue. The… Continue reading ‘Passing’ On True Desires for False Security Draft 1
Looking through these texts such as “Passing” in 1929 written by Nella Larson, gazing or looking at “ the other” is central. Although when it comes to gazing it is shown in a different variety of ways. Two of the ways I would like to speak on and emphasize on are colorism and passing and… Continue reading Blog Post 5 Draft