A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life

by Allyson Hobbs

Book Overview

Countless African Americans have passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile. This history of passing explores the possibilities, challenges, and losses that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067436810X
• ISBN13: 9780674368101
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"