We Wear the Mask
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We Wear the Mask: African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870
By Rafia ZafarZafar demonstrates that in doing so, these forerunners of modern black American writers both adapted to and reacted against a milieu of social resistance and cultural antipathy.
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We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America
By Brando Skyhorse, Lisa PageWhy do people pass? Fifteen writers reveal their experiences with passing. For some, “passing” means opportunity, access, or safety. Others don’t willingly pass but are “passed” in specific situations by someone else.
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We Wear the Mask: African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870
By Rafia Zafar... of the autobiography of Frederick Douglass with that of his literary and historical ancestor , Benjamin Franklin ... Equiano , two native Africans kidnapped as children , published English - language narratives of their lives .
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We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America
By Brando Skyhorse, Lisa PageWhy do people pass? Fifteen writers reveal their experiences with passing. For some, “passing” means opportunity, access, or safety. Others don’t willingly pass but are “passed” in specific situations by someone else.
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We Wear the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Politics of Representative Reality
By Jr., Willie J. HarrellEmploying an array of approaches to Dunbar's poetic creations, these essays closely examine the self-motivated and dynamic effect of his use of dialect, language, rhetorical strategies, and narrative theory to promote racial uplift.