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A19=Priscilla Layne
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B10=Professor Emeritus Chauncey J. Mellor
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Black Lives Matter
Caribbean island
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Category1=Non-Fiction
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Chicago
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diversity and inclusion
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German Studies
Harlem Renaissance
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Jim Crow
Language_English
migration
mixed-race woman
New York City
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passing as white
patriarchy
Price_€50 to €100
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racial attitudes
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structural racism
Women's Studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781640141483
- Weight: 378g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Sep 2022
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Offers a European view of racial attitudes in the US during the era of the Harlem Renaissance and Jim Crow, with relevance to today's Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements.
Marylin, a novel by the Austrian writer Arthur Rundt about a mixed-race woman passing as white, moves from Chicago to New York City and concludes tragically on a Caribbean island. First published in 1928 and now translated into English, it offers a European view of racial attitudes in the US during the era of the Harlem Renaissance and Jim Crow. Rundt's short but powerful novel touches several vital issues in society today, engaging each in a way that prompts further examination and cross-fertilization. First, it sheds historical light on what has become painfully obvious in the Black Lives Matter era (if it wasn't before): the continued injustice experienced by Blacks in America as an effect of structural racism. Second, it confronts issues of migration and hybrid identities. Third, it has relevance for Women's Studies through the title character's interaction with the patriarchy. Through these connections, it responds to a growing current in German Studies concerned with diversity and inclusion and integrating the discipline into the broader humanities. An introduction and an afterword, both of them extensive and scholarly, contextualize the novel in its time and as it relates to ours.
ARTHUR RUNDT (1881-1939) was a German author, journalist, and theater director PETER HÖYNG is Professor of German at Emory University. CHAUNCEY J. MELLOR is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Tennesee. PRISCILLA LAYNE is Professor of German, with an adjunct appointment in African, African American and Diaspora Studies, at the University of North Carolina.
