Quicksand ;

By: Larsen, Nella [author.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Serpent's Tail, 2014Description: 256 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846687853 (pbk.) :Contained works: Larsen, Nella. PassingSubject(s): African American women -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- FictionGenre/Form: Classics. DDC classification: 813.52 LOC classification: PS3523.A7225Summary: 'Quicksand', from 1928, was the first novel expressing the sexual desires of a black woman in conflict between sexual fulfilment and middle-class respectability. 'Passing' tackles themes of both black people who pass for white, and desire between women.
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F .L334 1928/29 Available 32283
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Originally published: 1989.

'Quicksand', from 1928, was the first novel expressing the sexual desires of a black woman in conflict between sexual fulfilment and middle-class respectability. 'Passing' tackles themes of both black people who pass for white, and desire between women.