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HISTORICAL
CONTEXT Here's
a selection of titles that discuss the concepts of racial identity, "passing"
and/or racial classification:
Cose,
Elise. (Dec 27, 1999-Jan 3, 2000). Our
New Look: The Colors of Race. Newsweek, 134(26), p.
28 {Microfiche AP 2 N55, Media Services Dept., E.S. Bird Library}
Delgado,
Richard & Jean Stefancic. Eds. (2000) Critical Race Theory:
the Cutting Edge. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. {KF4755
.C75 2000, 4th Floor, E.S. Bird Library. Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Delgado,
Richard & Jean Stefancic. Eds. (1997) Critical White Studies:
Looking Behind the Mirror. Philadelphia: Temple University
Press. {E184.A1 C75 1997, 3rd Floor, E.S. Bird Library. Note:
Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Dyson,
Michael E. (1997). Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line.
New York: Vintage. {E185.615 .D95 1997, 3rd Floor, E.S. Bird Library.
Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Foner,
Philip S. Ed. (1999) Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches
and Writings. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books. {E449 .D7345 1999,
3rd Floor, E.S. Bird Library. Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Fusco,
Coco & Brian Wallis . Eds. (2003). Only Skin Deep: Changing
Visions of the American Self. New York: International Center
of Photography. {TR 680 O55 2003, 5th Floor, E.S. Bird Library.
Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Haizlip,
Shirlee Taylor. (2004). Finding Grace: Two Sisters and the
Search for Meaning Beyond the Color Line. New York: Free Press.
{E 185.96 H175 2004, MLK Library, 231 Sims Hall. Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Hannaford,
Ivan. (1996). Race: The History of an Idea in the West.
Washington DC: Johns Hopkins University Press. {HT 1507 H36 1996,
3rd Floor, E.S. Bird Library. Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Hooks,
Bell. (1994). Oultlaw Culture: Resisting Representation.
New York: Routledge. {E185.86 .H737 1994, 3rd Floor, E.S. Bird
Library. Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Itzkovitz,
Daniel. (1999, Winter). Passing
Like Me. South Atlantic Quarterly, 98(1-2),
35-57. {AP 2 S72, Compact Storage, Lower Level, E.S. Bird Library}
Omi,
Michael & Howard Winant. Eds. (1986). Racial Formation
in the United States: From the 1960's to the 1980's. New York:
Routledge & Kegan Paul. {E184.A1 O46 1986, MLK Library, 231
Sims Hall. Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Pfeiffer,
Kathleen. (2003). Race Passing and American Individualism.
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. {PS 374 R32 P45
2003, 5th Floor, E.S. Bird Library. Note: Check SUMMIT
Catalog for availability}
Van
Vechten, C. (1926). Nigger Heaven. New York: A.A. Knopf. {813.5 V28n, Special
Collections Research Center, 6th Floor, E.S. Bird Library}
Wald,
Gayle. (2000). Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in Twentieth
Century Literature and Culture. Durham, NC: Duke University
Press {PS366 P37 W35 2000 - 5th Floor, E.S. Bird Library. Note:
Check SUMMIT
Catalog to verify availability}
Yakota,
K.A. (2004). Not Written in Black and White: American National
Identity and the Curious Color Transformation of Henry Moss. Common-place.
4(2), http://www.common-place.org/vol-04/no-02/yakota/
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Questions
and Answers
--Q:
Does the library offer a database that can help me locate articles focusing
on topics in American history? >>A:
Yes, from the library's database
menu, click on "H" or on the subject category "History,"
to access the database list that will take you to "America:
History & Life." America: History & Life is a leading database
for locating articles written by historians covering the history of the United
States and Canada. If you are interested in articles that report on historical
topics for the rest of the world, try the database called, "Historical
Abstracts." | 
