Untragic Mulatto: Charles Chesnutt and the discourse of whiteness

American Literary History

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 426-448

  Knadler, Stephen P ^a  

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EID: 62449096514     PISSN: 08967148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alh/8.3.426     Document Type: Article

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