Naxos (fictional Southern Black school)
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Naxos is a fictional Southern Black educational institution in Nella Larsen’s novel "Quicksand," depicted as a rigid, conformist school that embodies the constraints of respectability politics and racial uplift ideology in the early 20th-century United States.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naxos | 0 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional educational institution
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fictional school ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Quicksand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Black middle-class respectability
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assimilation ⓘ conformity ⓘ gender and race in education ⓘ institutional racism ⓘ racial uplift ideology ⓘ respectability politics ⓘ |
| countryOfPublicationContext | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nella Larsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| educationalLevelInFiction | school ⓘ |
| enforces |
dress codes reflecting respectability
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strict behavioral codes ⓘ |
| functionInNarrative |
critique of Black educational institutions
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site of protagonist’s alienation ⓘ symbol of restrictive racial uplift ideology ⓘ |
| governedBy | conservative Black leadership (in fiction) ⓘ |
| hasFictionalPopulation |
Black faculty
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Black students ⓘ |
| influencesCharacter | Helga Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
authoritarian
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conformist ⓘ morally conservative ⓘ respectability-driven institution ⓘ rigid ⓘ |
| promotes |
assimilationist values
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racial uplift through respectability ⓘ |
| racialCompositionInFiction | predominantly Black ⓘ |
| roleInHelgaCraneArc | starting point of Helga Crane’s disillusionment GENERATED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
constraints on Black individuality
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limitations of accommodationist politics ⓘ tension between personal freedom and communal expectations ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1928 ⓘ |
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