ABSTRACT
A former child prodigy, Schuyler sought to define a new adult self through her experiences abroad. She is a daughter of black journalist and novelist George Schuyler and white Texas artist Josephine Cogdell. She prepares the travel narrative to publish about her world concert tours, Adventures in Black and White, emerged from this crucial period when Schuyler began to reevaluate her career and experiment with her identity, even playing with the idea of "passing". She focuses on the social and political climates of other countries, she is especially attentive to politics of race and color. She adds the clipping to her press comments and later includes the notably enigmatic quote in Adventures where, mid-narrative, it becomes the first mention of her skin color. Throughout Adventures Schuyler revels in racial mixing and ambiguity. In Adventures, Schuyler carefully counters the image of the tragic mulatta by emphasizing her international fame and acceptance in many circles.
