BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS”
Between Law and Custom: A View of the Racial Relationships in Charles Waddell’s Chesnutt’s “The House behind the Cedars”. The aim of this paper is to investigate the manner in which Charles Waddell Chesnutt skillfully uses the conventions of the sentimental novel and of the tragic mulatto/a charact...
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Between Law and Custom: A View of the Racial Relationships in Charles Waddell’s Chesnutt’s “The House behind the Cedars”. The aim of this paper is to investigate the manner in which Charles Waddell Chesnutt skillfully uses the conventions of the sentimental novel and of the tragic mulatto/a character, familiar to his white readers, in order to dismantle racial preconceptions and expose the terrible ramifications of racism. The novel The House behind the Cedars shows that race is artificially constructed out of various external markers such as custom, law, dubious scientific findings, which, however, can have dire consequences for the individuals who need to obey such limitations.
REZUMAT. Între lege și tradiție: o privire asupra relațiilor rasiale din romanul „The House behind the Cedars” de Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Scopul acestei lucrări este acela de a investiga maniera în care Charles Waddell Chesnutt se folosește de convențiile romanului sentimental și ale pesonajului tipic ”mulatrul/mulatra tragic/ă”, familiare cititorilor din epoca sa, pentru a submina prejudecățile rasiale și pentru a expune teribilele ramificații ale rasismului în America. Romanul The House behind the Cedars arată faptul că rasa este o construcție artificială tributară unor elemente constitutive externe cum ar fi: tradiția, legea, descoperiri științifice dubioase, dar care are consecințe tragice pentru persoanele care sunt forțate să se supună limitărilor sociale impuse de legile rasiale.
Cuvinte cheie: rasă mixtă, rasism, prejudecată, mulatrul/mulatra tragic/ă, literatură afro-americană, lege, a trece drept alb.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ab97eb286f64f8798bfbc21bb1c191e2024-01-05T09:45:15ZdeuCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia1220-04842065-96522019-03-0164110.24193/subbphilo.2019.1.08BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS”Iulia Andreea MILICĂ (BLĂNUȚĂ)0Faculty of Letters, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania. Contact address: iulia.milica@yahoo.com Between Law and Custom: A View of the Racial Relationships in Charles Waddell’s Chesnutt’s “The House behind the Cedars”. The aim of this paper is to investigate the manner in which Charles Waddell Chesnutt skillfully uses the conventions of the sentimental novel and of the tragic mulatto/a character, familiar to his white readers, in order to dismantle racial preconceptions and expose the terrible ramifications of racism. The novel The House behind the Cedars shows that race is artificially constructed out of various external markers such as custom, law, dubious scientific findings, which, however, can have dire consequences for the individuals who need to obey such limitations. REZUMAT. Între lege și tradiție: o privire asupra relațiilor rasiale din romanul „The House behind the Cedars” de Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Scopul acestei lucrări este acela de a investiga maniera în care Charles Waddell Chesnutt se folosește de convențiile romanului sentimental și ale pesonajului tipic ”mulatrul/mulatra tragic/ă”, familiare cititorilor din epoca sa, pentru a submina prejudecățile rasiale și pentru a expune teribilele ramificații ale rasismului în America. Romanul The House behind the Cedars arată faptul că rasa este o construcție artificială tributară unor elemente constitutive externe cum ar fi: tradiția, legea, descoperiri științifice dubioase, dar care are consecințe tragice pentru persoanele care sunt forțate să se supună limitărilor sociale impuse de legile rasiale. Cuvinte cheie: rasă mixtă, rasism, prejudecată, mulatrul/mulatra tragic/ă, literatură afro-americană, lege, a trece drept alb. http://193.231.18.162/index.php/subbphilologia/article/view/2179mixed-race, racism, prejudice, tragic mulatto/a, African-American literature, law, passing. |
| spellingShingle | Iulia Andreea MILICĂ (BLĂNUȚĂ) BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS” Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia mixed-race, racism, prejudice, tragic mulatto/a, African-American literature, law, passing. |
| title | BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS” |
| title_full | BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS” |
| title_fullStr | BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS” |
| title_full_unstemmed | BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS” |
| title_short | BETWEEN LAW AND CUSTOM: A VIEW OF THE RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT’S “THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS” |
| title_sort | between law and custom a view of the racial relationships in charles waddell chesnutt s the house behind the cedars |
| topic | mixed-race, racism, prejudice, tragic mulatto/a, African-American literature, law, passing. |
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