Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Publication Title
Canadian Review of American Studies
Keywords
miscegenation, race relations, racial studies, film studies, race in film, Imitation of Life, John Stahl
Abstract
Examines the machinations of racial etiquette and ways in which John Stahl's 1934 film `Imitation of Life' enforces the politics of the white plot of passing and place. Passing plot as utilized by American white and black writers of the period; Antimiscegenation film.
Recommended Citation
Gosselin, Adrienne Johnson. "Racial Etiquette and the (White) Plot of Passing: (Re)Inscribing 'Place' in John Stahl's Imitation of Life." Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 28, no. 3, Oct. 1998, p. 47.
Original Published Citation
Gosselin, Adrienne Johnson. "Racial Etiquette and the (White) Plot of Passing: (Re)Inscribing 'Place' in John Stahl's Imitation of Life." Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 28, no. 3, Oct. 1998, p. 47.
Version
Preprint
Publisher's Statement
Copyright University of Toronto Press. This article first appeared in the Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 28, no. 3, Oct. 1998, p. 47. https://www.utpjournals.com/Canadian-Review-of-American-Studies.html
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African American Studies Commons, American Film Studies Commons, American Popular Culture Commons
