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 画像を大きく | Passing For Black | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 著者: Linda Villarosa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (商品) Dafina / Paperback 2008-06-01 リリース | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 商品の説明: Product Description Being black, the right kind of black, was difficult. It was like being in a cult--a secret society with rules as fluid as waves... In the six years that Angela Wright has been with her fiancé Keith Redfield, her life has settled neatly into place. Keith, a professor of African-American history, has helped her become comfortable in her own skin. And Angela's career at Désire magazine is thriving. She's got nothing to worry about--or so she thinks... Angela's best friend Mae is always there to ground her, whether they're joking about the importance of good hair or gossiping about their rival Tatiana Braithwaite--a milk chocolate Barbie with beauty, breeding, and an irritating knack for perfection. Mae reminds Angela how lucky she is to have found a successful, single brother. But when a chance meeting leaves Angela consumed with desire for an intriguing stranger, she impulsively decides to follow wherever it may lead--from outrageous underground sex parties to intimate encounters that are both torrid and tender. Now everything Angela has come to believe about sex, love, identity, and race is called into question as this explosive new passion blows her world wide open... "Passing for Black is Kissing Jessica Stein meets Good Hair. The characters are outrageous and real and heartfelt. Linda Villarosa has written an important, entertaining debut. Brava!" --Benilde Little, author of Who Does She Think She Is "Passing for Black weaves issues of identity and sexuality into an engaging tale of love, passion and family. Finally the story we've been waiting for, delivered in page turning, finely written prose by one of my favorite writers." --E. Lynn Harris, New York Times bestselling author "Passing for Black is a lively page turner that follows the complicated process of coming out as African-American and female and middle-class. It is a sweet, romantic, and sometimes funny tale, brushed nicely with issues of race, class and sexuality. As Angela tumbles along her journey to self discovery, I found myself rooting for her to find the way." --Staceyann Chin
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| カスタマーレビュー: Fast paced, funny, serious (2008-12-28) First novel by Linda Villarosa. Quick read that was refreshingly different from usual lesfic novels, mostly in a good way. I came across it because it was mentioned/reviewed by afterellen.com. And seriously You can't guess the lesbian content from the blurb or the cover. I'm all for lesbian authors/novels being published by non-queer publishing houses, but how on earth am I supposed to find them when they don't tell me that that is what's in the book. But that's another story. The novel is the story of Angela, writer for a hip magazine in her 20s, who falls in love with Cait, her fiancee's nemesis at the university at which they are both professors. It is, in its core, a coming out story, but so much more. Angela is looking for her place in the world and doesn't seem to be able to be herself or express her opinions to those who are closest to her. The title "Passing for Black" alludes to Angela's dilemma that she doesn't feel black enough, feels like she's pretending to be someone she's not. Breaking out of her pattern of trying to please everyone around her sends her on a journey of self-discovery and also discovering that everyone harbors prejudice. I enjoyed reading this book, it's fast paced and funny, even though at its core it's a serious book. One drawback is that the characters at times felt stereotypical, clearly designed to fulfill a function. Passing By... (2008-10-12) In PASSING FOR BLACK, the first foray into fiction by renowned journalist Linda Villarosa, her heroine Angela Wright is a buppie struggling with both her sexual and racial identities.By outside appearances, Angela's life is seamless in her middle-class world, where she's an editor at Désire magazine, engaged to a history professor at a prominent university and mingles with a Black elite inner circle. Yet it's simply a facade. Angela has never felt secure with herself, and "passing" is simply her coping mechanism to deal with never feeling "black enough." With her mother, Janice, considered a local heroine in the black female community, she always felt tragically compelled to live up to her mother's roots. And at 29, she should be ready to be married after a six-year relationship with Keith, but something always holds her back. Namely, her attraction to women, a temptation she forbade herself from having for so many years. But it's one she can't resist with Cait Getty, one of Keith's colleagues at Amsterdam University. After spying the woman hanging posters for a lesbian sex conference, all pretenses of a white picket fence life fade away. Instead, she finds herself drawn to the androgynous vibe of this white woman, an activist whose fervor for women's issues is only matched by her passion for Angela. With sandy brown hair, boyish good looks and British accent, Cait is nothing Angela expected to be infatuated with. In fact, she's everything opposite of what her family and friends would see her with. It leaves Angela, who's normally indecisive and non-confrontational, torn as to whom she should be with. Her head tells her to do the right thing and stay with her "good black man," while her heart demands she face her fears and be with the one person who makes her feel true to herself. It's a hard decision, with consequences that will manage to hurt anyone involved. When Angela decides her future much later, she satisfies her craving to be true to herself, and passing just isn't good enough anymore. Because of Cait, everything she never thought she wanted turns out to be everything she needs. Passing for Black makes for a challenging read. Villarosa tackles the subject of racial and sexual identity with class and a sense of humor. It's down-to-earth enough for the casual reader, and speak to any black lesbian feeling out of step with their two worlds. Passing conveys that every woman's journey to herself is never easy, but one she shouldn't spend passing by. SISTAHS ON THE SHELF PICK OF THE MONTH Don't really get what the title has to do with the book (2008-09-16) It was an ok read. More so about a woman coming out than passing for black. Angela struggled with her lesbian feelings for a long time and then finally they are exposed when she meets Cait who fuses her fire. Now her long time engagement to her boring finace' Keith is ruined and she is in love with a white woman. Ok maybe if the title was different it would have made the book more interesting. This does not make me want to read diverse literature. Not like an E. Lynn Harris story by far.
Passing (2008-08-03) Angela Wright's coming out story sounds so much like many of ours; painfulscary and confusing. "Passing for Black" could have easily been titled "Passing". Several characters were not only passing for black but also passing as an ally, passing as straight and passing as royalty. Coming out is one tidal wave to successfully swim through without drowning, but when you add race, sex, love & identity to the mix drowning seems more like a reality than a successful swim. Ms. Villarosa carefully weaved a tale of what happens when you free yourself totally and walk into a new world. As I read "Passing for Black" I felt proud and excited to be able to read a book which blended the reality and some stereotypes of "Same Gender Loving" relationships. Dance with Angela as Caitlyn takes her on a roller coaster ride of emotional freedom. Missy Readers Paradise tstroman (2008-07-28) I really enjoyed this book. There where so many levels to this book that brought about thought and dialog with my friends and family.
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