Feb. 2011. 400p. Penguin, $27.95 (9781594202827). 305.800.any persons of African American heritage but “white”
appearance crossed the color line at times when racial classification had very real and harsh implications.
How does one account for the life-transforming power of feminist texts in an age when feminism itself has become such a
contested set of ideas rather than a collective project? What
reasons, other than theoretical, might today’s women have in
revisiting these texts?