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Unruly narrative : private property, self-making , and Toni Morrison's A Mercy /

This study deals with the formative powers of modern liberal ideas of private property. The liberal subject emerged with the formations of European liberalism, Atlantic slavery, and settler colonial expansion in the New World. Toni Morrison's A Mercy is thus identified as a key literary text th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spatzek, Samira (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter, 2022.
Colección:American frictions ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study deals with the formative powers of modern liberal ideas of private property. The liberal subject emerged with the formations of European liberalism, Atlantic slavery, and settler colonial expansion in the New World. Toni Morrison's A Mercy is thus identified as a key literary text that generates a fundamental critique of the connections between self-making and private property at its 17th-century scene.
Descripción Física:1 electronic resource (viii, 284 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110780574
3110780577
9783110780666
3110780666
Acceso:Open Access