The fugitive's properties : law and the poetics of possession /

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'The Fugitive's Properties' uncovers a poetics of intangible personified property emerging out of antebellum laws circulating through key 19th century works of literature, & informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrelsy & early race films.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Best, Stephen Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896. > Uncle Tom's cabin.
Uncle Tom's cabin (Stowe, Harriet Beecher)
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Law and literature > History > 19th century.
African Americans in literature.
Fugitive slaves in literature.
Property in literature.
Race in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Droit et littérature > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Esclaves fugitifs dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African Americans in literature
American literature
Fugitive slaves in literature
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Law and literature
Property in literature
Race in literature
Slavery in literature
Rechtsstellung
Literatur
Sklave
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION: The Slave's Two Bodies
  • Fugitive Property
  • The Agency of Form
  • Caveat Emptor: Fugitive Sound: Fungible Personhood, Evanescent Property
  • Theft and Gift
  • Copyright Law
  • The Human Phonograph
  • The Poetics of Property, 1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Impersonation
  • Pro Bono Publico: The Fugitive's Properties: Uncle Tom's Incalculable Dividend
  • Fictions of Finance: Puttin' on Old Massa
  • Pro Bono Publico
  • Tom's par me la
  • Castles in the Air
  • The Social Covenant of Property
  • Cuttin' of Figgers
  • Sine Qua Non: Counterfactuals, Causation, and the Tenses of "Separate but Equal"
  • In Plain Black and White
  • Parallel Tracks
  • What Happened in the Tunnel
  • CONCLUSION: The Rules of the Game
  • Sin and Risk
  • Principle and History
  • Procedure and Pragmatism.

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