A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs Paperback Book

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Author: Allyson Hobbs

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: Mar 2016

Genre: Social Science - Ethnic Studies - African American Studies

Retail Price: $21.00

Pages: 400

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Countless African Americans have passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile. This history of passing explores the possibilities, challenges, and losses that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions.

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