Padlet Research Bulletin Board by https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd Made with love en-us 2022-05-12 07:36:05 UTC 2025-12-10 12:49:29 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.disneyclips.com/images/images/mickey-mouse70.png Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Nella Larsen’s Passing: An Exploration of Performed Identity mickeyrk03 https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180839724 In the article "Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Nella Larsen’s Passing: An Exploration of Performed Identity" by Aly Sebright of Boise University, Sebright talks about the representation and construct Nella Larson portrays race, gender, and sexuality in her novel, Passing. In addition, she explains how this was important during this time and how the construct of race, gender, and sexuality reflected different aspects of life in Harlem during the early 1900s and of African American life. In addition, this also gives a brief biography about Nella Larson's life and explains some circumstances that could have left Nella Larson to want to include innuendos about sexuality and how she perceived race and gender during that time. I want to use this essay further to have evidence about Nella Larson using her characters to defy gender norms. I plan to use this source in my article to explain more about Nella Larson's writing style and how it represents the construct of sexuality during this time. In addition, I want to use this source as further evidence to support my point of view of how I believe the interactions between the two characters were more than just friendship and possibly something more as well.

]]> 2022-05-12 08:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180839724 A Fine Line: Conflflicting Interpretations of Homoeroticism and Self-Love in Nella Larsen's Passing mickeyrk03 https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180862731 In the article, "A Fine Line: Conflflicting Interpretations of Homoeroticism and Self-Love in Nella Larsen's Passing," by Emily C. Shue of Ursinus College, Emily Shue researches Nella Larson's construct of homosexuality and heterosexuality in the novel Passing. Through the characters of Passing, Emily Shue explains how specific interactions provide inevitable innuendo to tendencies that could be seen as homosexual and explain how the exchange at that time transcends the construct of homosexuality during the early 1900s in which the book was written. In addition, Emily Shue describes how the portrayal of homosexuality explains how it can show evidence of the characters beginning to love themselves and become themselves. I plan to use this article to show further evidence of the construct of homosexuality during the 1900s. I want to use this article to show how even though the characters are not explicitly labeled as "homosexual," Nella Larson includes innuendo about homosexuality and portrays her feelings to rise above the stereotypes of homosexuality in the early 1900s. In addition, I want to use this article because I am very curious to learn and include evidence that  Emily Shue uses Nella Larson's representation of homosexuality to describe self-love and becoming one's self. 

]]> 2022-05-12 08:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180862731 mickeyrk03 https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180916469 In the article, "Constructing Identity: Race, Class, Gender, and
Sexuality in Nella Larsen’s Quicksand and Passing,"  by Andrew W. Davis of Conneticut College, Andrew Davis talks about the identity of race, class, gender, and sexuality in not only Passing but Nella Larson's Quicksand as well. Andrew Davis explains how Nella Larson represents the constructs of race, gender, and sexuality and how they compare and constrast between Quicksand and Passing. In addition, Andrew Davis talks about how homosexuality and bisexuality plays a role in not only the lives of the charecters Nella Larson writes about, but also the life of Nella Larson herself an daw it is symbolic of the early 1900's due to the stereotypes during that time. I plan to use this article to talk about Nella Larson's construct of race, sexuality, and gender in Passing. Still, it also talks about how Nella Larson writes about race, sexuality, and gender in Quicksand. This is further evidence of how gender and sexuality were portrayed in the early 1900s and how it is symbolic of queer representation during that time. It also talks about how the characters she writes about give innuendo to homosexuality or queerness and can explain the dynamic between characters during that time. 
]]> 2022-05-12 09:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180916469 "That Unreasonable Restless Feeling": The Homosexual Subtexts of Nella Larsen's Passing mickeyrk03 https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180938431 In "That Unreasonable Restless Feeling": The Homosexual Subtexts of Nella Larsen's Passing' by David L. Blackmore, David Blackmore talks about the construct of sexuality in Nella Larsen's novel, Passing. In the article, David Blackmore talks about how Nella ALrson leaves subtexts of innuendos that can be considered "homosexual" and leaves the readers feeling as if there is more to the characters' lives than simply being just "straight."  I like this. This article analyzes interactions between the two characters, looks into their relationships, and further explores whether there is more to their relationship. In addition, David Blackmore looks into the concept of homosexuality in the life of Nella Larson as well. I plan to use this article in my essay because I want to use evidence that there is homosexuality in the novel and see how the construct of race, sexuality, and gender play on the lives of the characters in Nella Larsen's book. I want to determine if there is more to the characters in my essay that is not simply explained in the novel because it would show that the book is more than just the words on the paper. This essay will give more content on homosexuality in the early 1900'[s. ]]> 2022-05-12 09:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mickeyrk03/n0pl1fho5995jyjd/wish/2180938431