Security passing gives her a safety net of it she likes the thrill she likes the   Connecting it to the begging were it shows her upbringing her working    Agree with his wife saying I don’t like Clare is on his wife’s side     she doesn’t like her husband she has him for the… Continue reading DRAFT:Class Close Reading of Scene from Passing April 7

Yukki Tsang, Sable Gravesandy, Xhile Selami, Brenika Banks Desire is the wanting of the thing we cannot possess. In the novel, we see many types of desire, both romantic and social. Irene desires the ability to be confident and affirmed in her Blackness, however her insecurities cause her to over compensate by “choosing” a darker… Continue reading Living Rent Free In Her Head: Irene’s Desire for Clare (Queer, Status, et al.) 

NAMES: Edison, Leonard, Evan, Shamar In passing the questions is what is the desire? What key here is  the internal and external of  an human being. Irene throughout the movie as analysis Clare has always been her external because of her Eurocentric beauty standards. This is shown in novel when narrator made the statement “Irene… Continue reading Class Close Reading of Scene from Passing April 7

Drawing on class lecture and discussion in groups of 3-5, CHOOSE at least ONE concept (exoticism, desire; racial uplift; respectability politics. These concepts will be discussed in the lecture, featuring the PowerPoint linked here: Reading Passing, Respectability Politics, Queer Desire, and Ugly Feelings. REVIEW with your group what you think your term means. DEFINE it… Continue reading Prompt for Class Close Reading of Scene from Passing April 7