Abstract
Caucasia, written by Danzy Senna, is part of a growing sub-genre of African-American novels, some of which announce their themes by their titles: White Boys, by Reginald McKnight; The White Boy Shuffle, by Paul Beatty; The Last Integrationist, by Jake Lamar; and Negrophobia, by Darius James, to name a few. Caucasia is a "Post-Soul" novel that explores the world of "mullatos" - both cultural and racial. But even though artists such as Kara Walker, photographer Lorna Simpson, and essayist Lisa Jones also explore the vicissitudes of post-Civil Rights Movement Black identity, in Black fiction its been pretty much a boys' club.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2002
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2002, Columbia University School of the Arts Graduate Writing Program. This article first appeared in Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art 36 (2002), 125-145.
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Recommended Citation
Ashe, Bertram, and Danzy Senna. "Passing as Danzy Senna." Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art 36 (2002): 125-45.
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