In Search of Nella Larsen A Biography of the Color Line |
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| Author:
| Hutchinson, George |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-03892-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $92.00 |
Book Description:
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Born to a Danish seamstress and a West Indian cook, Larsen lived her life in the shadows of America's racial divide. Hutchinson exposes the truths and half-truths surrounding her, and the complex reality they mask and mirror. His book is a cultural biography of the color line as lived by a person who embodied all its ambiguities and complexities.
Born to a Danish seamstress and a West Indian cook, Larsen lived her life in the shadows of America's racial divide. Hutchinson exposes the truths and half-truths surrounding her, and the complex reality they mask and mirror. His book is a cultural biography of the color line as lived by a person who embodied all its ambiguities and complexities.