Sum of the parts : the mathematics and politics of region, place, and writing /

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Proponents of the new regional history understand that regional identities are constructed and contested, multifarious and not monolithic, that they involve questions of dominance and power, and that their nature is inherently political. In this lively new book, writing in the spirit of these unders...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ryden, Kent C., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Colección:American land and life series.
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Regionalism in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Regionalism > United States.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature régionale.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Régionalisme > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Place (Philosophy) in literature
Regionalism
Regionalism in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Let S = meaningful space: the mathematics of region and place
  • Sets and unsettlement: region, power, and resistance in New England writing
  • An incompleteness theorem of region: Stegner and the American West, Faulkner and the American South
  • Prime real estate: the Midwest, history, and regional identity
  • Epilogue: null set-ecological regions and cultural regions.

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