Bodies of Reform : the Rhetoric of Character in Gilded Age America.

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From the patricians of the early republic to post-Reconstruction racial scientists, from fin de siècle progressivist social reformers to post-war sociologists, character, that curiously formable yet equally formidable "stuff," has had a long and checkered history giving shape to the Ameri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salazar, James B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
Colección:America and the long 19th century.
Temas:
1800-1899
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Character in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Character > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Caractère dans la littérature.
Caractère > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Discours politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
American fiction.
Political culture.
Politics and literature.
Rhetoric > Political aspects.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: "The Grandest Thing in the World"; 1 Philanthropic Taste: Race and Character in Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man; 2 Character Is Capital: Manufacturing Habit in Mark Twain's Character Factory; 3 Muscle Memory: Building the Body Politic of Character in Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the National Police Gazette; 4 "A Story Written on Her Face": Pauline Hopkins's Unmaking of the Inherited Character of Race; 5 Character's Conduct: Spaces of Interethnic Emulation in Jane Addams's "Charitable Effort"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N.
  • OP; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author.

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