{"product_id":"9780820462066","title":"The Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Black Buck\u003c\/i\u003e examines the phenomenon, often paradoxical, of black males passing for white in American literature. Focusing on the first third of the twentieth century, this book argues that black individuals successfully assuming a white identity represent a paradox, in that passing for white exemplifies a challenge to the hegemonic philosophy of biological white supremacy, while denying blackness. Issues of race, gender, skin color, class, and law are examined in the literature of passing, involving the historical, theoretical, and literary tropes of miscegenation, mimicry, and masquerade. The narratives examined in \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Black Buck\u003c\/i\u003e are Charles Waddell Chesnutt’s \u003ci\u003eThe House Behind the Cedars\u003c\/i\u003e, James Weldon Johnson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man\u003c\/i\u003e, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, and William Faulkner’s \u003ci\u003eLight in August\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031428710640,"sku":"9780820462066","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780820462066_p0.jpg?v=1763750635","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780820462066","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}