Passing Context Flashcards
manifest destiny
God destines the USA settlers to spread democracy and capitalism across the entirety of North America
prohibiton
the banning of alcohol sale 1920-1933
lynching
extrajudicial killing by a mob (usually racially motivated)
tragic mulatto
literary stereotype of a mixed race character who fits in with neither white or african american communities
the rhinelander case
a wealthy white man married a mixed race chambermaid then sought an annulment on the grounds of her concealing of race
women got the vote in the USA in
1920
2 black performers mentioned in the final party
Josephine Baker - dancer
Ethel Waters - singer
Epigraph
poem ‘heritage’ by Countee Cullen, same poem as Van Vechten used in his book
miscenegation
sexual relations or marriage between people of 2 different races
Carl Van Vechten
white supporter of the Harlem renaissance
Larsen’s mentor
Wrote the controversial book N**ger Heaven
Passing is dedicated to him and his wife
Larsen lived in
Chicago and NYC
The NWL
Negro Welfare League
Inspired by the real life NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Passing was published in
1929
Segregation laws in the USA
Jim Crow Laws
Harlem Renaissance
intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centred in NYC in the 1920s
