A Twentieth Century History of 'Passing' & Performing Identity: Passing by Nella Larsen & The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Writing Women PodcastShow Notes
Content warning: discussion of racism
*Please note I've mistakenly called Allyson Hobbs, Allyson Bell for the duration of the podcast, my apologies*
This month on the Writing Women Podcast, I look at this history of 'passing' in twentieth century literature from classic texts like Nella Larsen's 1929 'Passing' to how Brit Bennett's 2020 'The Vanishing Half' answers back and adapts to the long history of texts that have come before.
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Links:
https://text.npr.org/1054025599
Allyson Hobbs, A Chosen Exile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toyjv27q17E&ab_channel=EmoryUniversity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/books/review-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.html
https://text.npr.org/868197705
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/brit-bennett-reimagines-the-literature-of-passing
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/11/21285597/vanishing-half-review-brit-bennett
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