The Blue Stain: A Novel of a Racial Outcast by Hugo Bettauer (German) Hardcover

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A European novel of racial mixing and "passing" in early twentieth-century America that serves as a unique account of transnational and transcultural racial attitudes that continue to reverberate today.

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A European novel of racial mixing and "passing" in early twentieth-century America that serves as a unique account of transnational and transcultural racial attitudes that continue to reverberate today.Hugo Bettauer's The Blue Stain, a novel of racial mixing and "passing," starts and ends in Georgia but also takes the reader to Vienna and New York. First published in 1922, the novel tells the story of Carletto, son of a white European academic and an African American daughter of former slaves, who, having passed as white in Europe and fled to America after losing his fortune, resists being seen as "black" before ultimately accepting that identityand joining the early movement for civil rights. Never before translated into English, this is the first novel in which a German-speaking European author addresses early twentieth-century racial politics in the United States - notonly in the South but also in the North. There is an irony, however: while Bettauer's narrative aims to sanction a white/European egalitarianism with respect to race, it nevertheless exhibits its own brand of racism by assertingthat African Americans need extensive enculturation before they are to be valued as human beings. The novel therefore serves as a unique historical account of transnational and transcultural racial attitudes of the period that continue to reverberate in our present globalized world.Hugo Bettauer (1872-1925) was a prolific Austrian writer and journalist, a very early victim of the Nazis. Peter Hoeyng is Associate Professor of German Studies at Emory University. Chauncey J. Mellor is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Kenneth R. Janken is Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Author Biography

PETER HÖYNG is Professor of German at Emory University. CHAUNCEY J. MELLOR is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Tennesee.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Peter HöyngPart One: GeorgiaPart Two: CarlettoPart Three: The Colored GentlemanAfterword by Kenneth R. Janken

Review

[A]n important historical document that tried to show its German-speaking readers the little-known injustices of the highly segregated American society under Jim Crow. [It] is also important in its attempt to depict European society as morally superior, which corresponds with the portrayal of Europe in novels of the Harlem Renaissance era. . . . Thanks to Peter Höyng's and Chauncey J. Mellor's careful translation, the novel is now available to English-speaking readers, who will also appreciate the thoughtful introduction and afterword that provide much-needed context. -- Gregor Thuswaldner * DELOS *[M]erits the attention of several audiences and is a valuable resource for those interested in the Harlem Renaissance. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *[O]ffers marvelous opportunities in today's 'German Literature in Translation' courses, especially for those who wish to explore vast and complex dialogues between Austria and the world at large, while also coming close to home for many American readers, who will find the topics raised by the novel very relevant to the events surrounding them here and now. * JOURNAL OF AUSTRIAN STUDIES *

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[A]n important historical document that tried to show its German-speaking readers the little-known injustices of the highly segregated American society under Jim Crow. [It] is also important in its attempt to depict European society as morally superior, which corresponds with the portrayal of Europe in novels of the Harlem Renaissance era. . . . Thanks to Peter H

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[A]n important historical document that tried to show its German-speaking readers the little-known injustices of the highly segregated American society under Jim Crow. [It] is also important in its attempt to depict European society as morally superior, which corresponds with the portrayal of Europe in novels of the Harlem Renaissance era. . . . Thanks to Peter H

Details ISBN1571139826 Author Professor Peter Höyng Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Year 2017 ISBN-10 1571139826 ISBN-13 9781571139825 Format Hardcover Imprint Camden House Inc Subtitle A Novel of a Racial Outcast Place of Publication Columbia, MD Country of Publication United States DEWEY 833.912 Media Book Language German Short Title The Blue Stain Series Number 178 Pages 182 Series Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Illustrations No Translated from German Publication Date 2017-05-01 AU Release Date 2017-05-01 NZ Release Date 2017-05-01 US Release Date 2017-05-01 UK Release Date 2017-05-01 Translator Chauncey J. Mellor Alternative 9781571139993 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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