Helga Crane: gli abiti di una migrante/emigrante
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abiti, donna nera, USA, anni '20Abstract
Dopo aver prospettato la situazione degli Afro Americani negli USA dell’Harlem Renaissance, l’intervento si concentra sull’abbigliamento della protagonista del romanzo di Nella Larsen, Sabbie mobili. Nel suo periplo (Sud, Chicago, New York, Copenhagen, New York, Sud), la protagonista è discriminata o vittimizzata dagli altri (bianchi e neri) a causa del suo modo di vestire che coagula i pregiudizi riguardo a razza, genere e sessualità.
Helga Crane: A Migrant / Emigrant’s Clothes
After having sketeched the social and cultural situation of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance, this paper focuses on the clothes worn by the protagonist of Nella Larsen’s Quicksand. From the South of the US to Chicago to New York to Copenhagen back to New York and the South, she is discriminated and victimized by both whites and blacks because of the way she dresses. Their criticism springs from their prejudices regading race, gender, and sexuality.
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