Comedy: American Style

✍ Scribed by Fauset, Jessie Redmon

• Book ID: 109583552
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 171 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780486782768

✦ Synopsis

This ironically titled tale by an influential figure in African-American literature explores the tragic effects of color prejudice and self-hatred. Jessie Redmon Fauset's 1933 novel paints a haunting portrait of internalized racism with its depiction of a domineering mother whose determination for her children to pass as white leads to devastating results for the entire family.
African-American editor, poet, essayist, and novelist Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961) was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance. An editor of the NAACP magazine The Crisis, she was also an editor and co-author of the African-American children's magazine, The Brownies' Book. Her fourth and final novel, Comedy: American Style, features vivid characterizations and enduring themes that continue to resonate with modern readers.