Bildner Ctr: Not Quite White in Fiction & Film: “Gentleman’s Agreement” & “Passing”
Douglass Student Center, Trayes Hall 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesLaura Z. Hobson's "Gentleman’s Agreement" and Nella Larsen's "Passing" are critically-acclaimed novels on racial and ethnic passing that explore how anti-Black racism and antisemitism have shaped the integration of Blacks and Jews into White Christian American society. A panel will explore both novels as well as their adaptations for the screen. Excerpts from both films […]