Alternative Possibilities in the Literature of Jazz: Identity and Passing

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Author
Collins-Hill, Akira
Keyword
First Reader Elise V. Lemire
Senior Project
Semester Spring 2019
Readers/Advisors
Lemire, Elise
Term and Year
Spring 2019
Date Published
2019

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/14465
Abstract
In novels Passing by Nella Larsen, and Trumpet by Jackie Kay, characters Joss Moody and Irene Redfield are emboldened by the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance. Jazz music creates a space for identity and sexual fluidity and for the gender binary to be slipped. Jazz's roots in the African American community and its investment in improvisation allow for characters to cross the boundaries of race, gender, and sexuality. My project addresses and prove the different kinds of crossing that are possible. 
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