Nella Larsen's Passing

This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture

In this episode, Hettie V. Williams is in discussion with Dr. Anwar Uhuru and Dr. Zaneta Rago-Craft about Nella Larsen’s Passing in literature and on film. Williams is an Associate Professor of African American history in the Department of History at Monmouth University. Dr. Uhuru is an Associate Professor of African American literature at Monmouth University and Dr. Rago-Craft is the inaugural Director of the Intercultural Center. She also identifies as multiracial. Uhuru’s teaching and research interests include Afro-Diaspora literature, critical race theory and gender/sexuality theory. This conversation focuses primarily on race, gender and sexuality in Larsen’s text and in the recent Netflix film adaptation of Passing.