Legal Fictions : Constituting Race, Composing Literature /

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In Legal Fictions, Karla FC Holloway both argues that U.S. racial identity is the creation of U.S. law and demonstrates how black authors of literary fiction have engaged with the law's constructions of race since the era of slavery. Exploring the resonance between U.S. literature and U.S. juri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Holloway, Karla F. C., 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Duke University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rasrelationer i litteraturen.
Rasdiskriminering > juridik och lagstiftning > historia.
Afro-amerikaner.
Afro-amerikanska författare > historia.
Amerikansk litteratur > historia.
Gesetzgebung
Ethnische Identität
Literatur
Schwarze
Rassendiskriminierung
Race in literature.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation.
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race dans la litterature.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The capital in question
  • Imagined liberalism
  • Mapping racial reason
  • Being in place : landscape, never inscape
  • Secondhand tales and hearsay
  • Black legibility : "Can I get a witness"
  • Trying to read me
  • "A novel-like tenor"
  • Passing and protection
  • A secluded colored neighborhood.

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