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An Erratic Performance: Constructing Racial Identity and James Baldwin

This thesis analyzes James Baldwin's essays as a method for understanding racial identity and authenticity. By using Vetta Sanders-Thompson's racial identification parameters, I suggest that Baldwin's struggle with his identity as a black American is crucial to deposing the idea of a monolithic black experience, which opens up new ways of analyzing African American literature.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:GEORGIA/oai:digitalarchive.gsu.edu:english_theses-1021
Date03 May 2007
CreatorsWalker, Natasha N
PublisherDigital Archive @ GSU
Source SetsGeorgia State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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