“Passing” Stories in Literature and Film in the 20th and 21st Century. Duncan Tucker’s "Transamerica" and Langston Hughes’ "Passing"

A Comparison


Essay, 2007

10 Seiten, Note: 2,0


Inhaltsangabe oder Einleitung

“Passing” and “passing” stories have been a great topic in literature and in the movie scene since the beginning of the 20th century. That does not mean that “passing” has not been a topic in life before, but the literary interest in it began much later.

There are stories and movies about race “passing”, class “passing” and gender “passing”, but class passing does not seem to be too interesting, as there are millions of people pretending to be richer or better than they actually are; it is almost a normal thing in society today. It does not make you suffer hard when you’re not as rich or famous as you would like to be, although it makes you suffer in other ways when you are really poor. But this is not the main topic of class “passing” anyway, the suffering of the poor.

Race and gender “passing” are much more interesting, but not because the people suffer in those stories, but because it takes a great and strong character to race- or gender-“pass”. Race and gender “passing” are much harder to perform than class “passing”.

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Titel
“Passing” Stories in Literature and Film in the 20th and 21st Century. Duncan Tucker’s "Transamerica" and Langston Hughes’ "Passing"
Untertitel
A Comparison
Hochschule
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Note
2,0
Autor
Jahr
2007
Seiten
10
Katalognummer
V148933
ISBN (eBook)
9783640602636
ISBN (Buch)
9783640601905
Dateigröße
519 KB
Sprache
Englisch
Schlagworte
Cultural Studies, Passing in literature, Transamerica, Duncan Tucker, Langston Hughes
Arbeit zitieren
Jennifer Koss (Autor:in), 2007, “Passing” Stories in Literature and Film in the 20th and 21st Century. Duncan Tucker’s "Transamerica" and Langston Hughes’ "Passing", München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/148933

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