Minority reports : identity and social knowledge in nineteenth-century American literature

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Davis Library (8th floor)

Call Number
PS217.I35 B67 2010
Status
Available

Stone Center Library

Call Number
PS217.I35 B67 2010 c. 2
Status
Available

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Summary

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.

Contents

  • Preface p. ix
  • Acknowledgments p. xiii
  • Introduction: Identity, History, Narrative p. 1
  • 1 What Do We Want from Harriet Wilson? p. 19
  • 2 Frank J. Webb and the Fate of the Sentimental Race Man p. 37
  • 3 Setting the Record Straight in Uncle Tom's Cabin p. 55
  • 4 Frederick Douglass and the Limits of Knowledge p. 75
  • 5 Face Value: Ambivalent Citizenship in Iola Leroy p. 93
  • Conclusion: Return from the Beyond p. 109
  • Notes p. 117
  • Bibliography p. 159
  • Index p. 179

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