The melancholy of race /

In this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study Anne Anlin Cheng arguesthat we have to understand racial grief not only as the result ofracism but also as a foundation for racial identity. The Melancholy of Raceproposes that racial identification is itself already a melancholicact--a social category...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cheng, Anne Anlin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Colección:Race and American culture.
Temas:
National characteristics, American.
Melancholy in literature.
Melancholy in art.
Minorities in literature.
Minorities in art.
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Minorities > United States > Intellectual life.
Asian American arts > Psychological aspects.
African American arts > Psychological aspects.
Mélancolie dans la littérature.
Mélancolie dans l'art.
Minorités dans l'art.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Arts noirs américains > Aspect psychologique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
American literature > African American authors
American literature > Asian American authors
Melancholy in art
Melancholy in literature
Minorities in art
Minorities in literature
Minorities > Intellectual life
National characteristics, American
Race relations > Psychological aspects
United States > Race relations > Psychological aspects.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect psychologique.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Fantasy's Repulsion and Investment: David Henry Hwang and Ralph Ellison
  • History in/against the Fragment: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
  • Difficult Loves: Anna Deavere Smith and the Politics of Grief.

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