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Gothic passages : racial ambiguity and the American gothic /
This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity. By bringing together these areas of analysis, Justin Edwards considers the following questions. How are the categories of "race" and the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity. By bringing together these areas of analysis, Justin Edwards considers the following questions. How are the categories of "race" and the rhetoric of racial difference tied to the language of gothicism? What can these discursive ties tell us about a range of social boundaries - gender, sexuality, class, race, etc. - during the nineteenth century? What can the construction and destabilization of these social boundarie |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 145 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-139) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1587294206 9781587294204 |