The White Negress: Literature, Minstrelsy, and the Black-Jewish Imaginary

(Rutgers University Press) Through investigations of literary and cultural texts by African American and Jewish women, this book raises new avenues of inquiry about what it means to be white, black, and Jewish during the first half of the 20th century.   Harrison-Kahan is a professor of English at Boston College.

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The February 2026 cover of PAW, featuring a photo of Joseph Nye.
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