Shadowing the White Man's Burden : U.S. Imperialism and the Problem of the Color Line /

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During the height of 19th century imperialism, Rudyard Kipling published his famous poem "The White Man's Burden." While some of his American readers argued that the poem served as justification for imperialist practices, others saw Kipling's satirical talents at work and read it...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murphy, Gretchen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2010]
Colección:America and the Long 19th Century ; 24
Temas:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Race in literature.
Racism in literature.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Reading Kipling in America
  • 1. The Burden of Whiteness
  • 2. The White Man's Burden or the Leopard's Spots?
  • Part II. The Black Cosmopolite
  • 3. The Plain Citizen of Black Orientalism
  • 4. Pauline Hopkins's "International Policy"
  • Part III. Pacific Expansion and Transnational Fictions of Race
  • 5. How the Irish Became Japanese
  • 6. American Indians, Asiatics, and Anglo-Saxons
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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