The house behind the cedars
About this book
"The House Behind the Cedars tells of John and Lena Walden, mulatto siblings who pass for white in the postbellum American South. The drama that unfolds as they travel between black and white worlds constitutes a riveting portrait of the shifting and intractable nature of race in American life. This edition revitalizes a much-neglected masterpiece by one of our most important African-American writers."--Jacket.
Subjects
FictionPassing (Identity)African American womenRacially mixed peopleRacismAfrican AmericansClassic LiteratureRacially mixed people -- FictionSocial conditionsHistoryFiction, generalSouthern states, fictionAfrican americans, fictionFiction, historicalLarge type booksFiction, historical, generalFiction, family life, generalFiction, psychologicalSouthern States in fictionRacism in fictionAfrican American women in fictionAfrican Americans in fictionRacially mixed people in fictionFiction, family life