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Cast down : abjection in America, 1700-1850 /
Derived from the Latin abiectus, literally meaning "thrown or cast down," "abjection" names the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible. In Western religious tradition, to be abject is to submit to bodily suffering or psychological mortification for the good of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.,
2016.
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| Colección: | Early American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. From roses to neuroses
- 1. Conversion, suffering, and publicity
- 2. Indian abjection in the public sphere
- 3. The martyrology of white abolitionists
- 4. Masochism, minstrelsy, and liberal revolution
- Epilogue. Child pets, Melville's Pip, and Oriental blackness.