A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912 /
Cathy Boeckmann.
Bok Engelsk 2000 · Electronic books
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| Utgitt | Tuscaloosa : : University of Alabama Press, , c2000.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (viii, 238 p. )
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Scientific racism, character, and American fiction -- Thomas Dixon and the rhetorical mulatto -- Pudd'nhead Wilson's phrenological photograph -- Howells and Chesnutt: the racial uses of genre -- Character and black art in The autobiography of an ex-Coloured man -- Epilogue: race and representation -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.. - "In A Question of Character, Cathy Boeckmann establishes a strong link between racial questions and the development of literary traditions at the end of the 19th century in America. This period saw the rise of "scientific racism," which claimed that the races were distinguished not solely by exterior appearance but also by a set of inherited character traits. As Boeckmann explains, this emphasis on character meant that race was not only a thematic concern in the literature of the period but also a generic or formal one as well." "Boeckmann explores the intersections between race and literary history by tracing the language of character through both scientific and literary writing."--Jacket.
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| Emner | African Americans in literature.
Afro-Americans in literature American fiction - History and criticism Characters and characteristics in literature Vis mer... Eugenics in literature
Literary form Literature and science - History - United States Passing (Identity) in literature Race discrimination in literature Racially mixed people in literature. Racism in literature Afrikansk-amerikanere American Literature Engelsk litteratur English Languages & Literatures Litteratur : (NO-TrBIB)HUME06452 Motiver (Litteratur) Motiver : (NO-TrBIB)HUME29169 Raseteorier Rasisme Romaner USA |
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| ISBN | 0817310215
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