i'm getting ahead of myself now.

[subjective]

hi. please help me make a bibliography about passing & the politics related to it. passing of any sort. fiction, biographies, histories, theory, everything. not just good things, things that suck too. even if you think i've read it, write it down anyway so i can compile a thorough list.

okay thanks.

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[jvb419.livejournal.com]

"Gentleman's Agreement"--the movie, starring Gregory Peck, as well as the book. Like "Nickel and Dimed" this belongs to the sub-genre of passing *downward* (since there's always, by definition, a hierarchy) narratives--a Gentile journalist passes for Jewish in order to document US anti-Semitism. (What, like there weren't any Jewish journalists?) He meets with hostility and exclusion on every hand but boy oh boy, are the guilty parties ever embarrassed when they find out, hey, he wasn't really Jewish at all! Which is why Ring Lardner Jr. said the lesson of the movie was "Don't be nasty to Jews, they might be Gentiles in disguise."

[subjective.livejournal.com]

john, you have mentioned this movie to me before. it is going on my list right now for real. thanks.