Stories of the Color Line
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · January 3, 2013
Chesnutt's stories were more complex than those of many of his contemporaries.
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- Who it’s for
- Chesnutt brings difficult questions of race and social place into stories of unusual complexity.
- Genres
- Black Historical Fiction, African American Literary Collections, Historical Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, January 3, 2013
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Chesnutt's stories were more complex than those of many of his contemporaries. He wrote about characters dealing with difficult issues of mixed race, "passing," illegitimacy, racial identities, and social place throughout his career. The issues were especially pressing during the social volatility of Reconstruction and late 19th-century southern society.
Questions of Identity
Chesnutt brings difficult questions of race and social place into stories of unusual complexity.
Come here for
- Complex stories of mixed race, passing, and social place
- A close look at racial identity in late-19th-century society
Expect
- Tensions shaped by Reconstruction and the late 19th-century South
- Stories that resist easy answers
Where it sits
| African American Literary Collections | 77% |
|---|---|
| Historical Fiction | 69% |
| Black Historical Fiction | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Gilded-Age Romance
- Black Historical Fiction
- Authors
- Charles W. Chesnutt
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- January 3, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction