Minority Reports

Identity and Social Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
2010. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-62263-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 183 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Future of Minority Studies

Through close readings of texts by African American and women authors, Minority Reports offers a theoretical defense of the use of identity categories in American studies by examining how early American literature not only responds to the social stratification of the nineteenth century but also challenges modern historical conceptions of this era.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borgstrom, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Identity, History, Narrative What Do We Want from Harriet Wilson? Frank J. Webb and the Fate of the Sentimental Race Man Setting the Record Straight in Uncle Tom's Cabin Frederick Douglass, Whiteness, and the Limits of Knowledge Face Value: Ambivalent Citizenship in Iola Leroy Conclusion: Return from the Beyond

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL BORGSTROM is Assistant Professor of English at San Diego State University, USA.