On lingering and being last : race and sovereignty in the New World /

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In 'On Lingering and Being Last', Jonathan Elmer argues that the logic of sovereignty that emerged in early modern Europe and that limits our thinking today must be understood as a fundamentally racialized logic, first visible in the New World.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elmer, Jonathan, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American literature > History and criticism.
English literature > History and criticism.
Sovereignty in literature.
Race in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Souveraineté dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
American literature
English literature
Race in literature
Sovereignty in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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