To Fathom His Very Roots: Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance and "Evidence" of His Literary Racial Passing
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چکیده
During the latter part of long nineteenth century, actor and author Sylvester Clark "Chief Buffalo Child" Long Lance completely discarded his African American ancestry to assert a composite Native identity. He did so in hopes escaping anti-Black violence. His writings suggest that he believed performing racialized stereotype "noble savage" would better position him achieve inclusion US society, which was otherwise denied legal "colored" (read: Black) racial complex problematic approach identity invites scholars critically consider how some authors simultaneously challenged yet adhered social expectations regarding identification when reflecting on their personal lives asserting identities literature. Lance's life invite question what counts as "evidence" prove so-called passing or characters reflect certain aspects In this essay, I examine complexities twentieth century literatures with attention unique perspective shows used literary challenge binarism.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2166-7438', '2166-742X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jnc.2021.0008