Clare and Irene were two childhood friends. They lost touch when Clare's father died and she moved in with two white aunts. By hiding that Clare was part-black, they allowed her to 'pass' as a white woman and marry a white racist. Irene lives in Harlem, commits herself to racial uplift, and marries a black doctor. The novel centers on the meeting of the two childhood friends la...(展开全部)

Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past. Clare's childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, but refuses to acknowledge the racism that continues to constrict her family's...(展开全部)

Larsen's status as a Harlem Renaissance woman writer was rivaled by only Zora Neale Hurston s. This Norton Critical Edition of her electrifying 1929 novel includes Carla Kaplan s detailed and thought-provoking introduction, thorough explanatory annotations, and a Note on the Text. An unusually rich Background and Contexts section connects the novel to the historical events of t...(展开全部)

Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in Harlem's vibrant society of the 1920s, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence -- until a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been "passing for white." "Passing" offers fascinating psychological insights into issues of race and gender.

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