Bestial traces : race, sexuality, animality /

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In contemporary race and sexuality studies, the topic of animality emerges almost exclusively in order to index the dehumanization that makes discrimination possible. 'Bestial Traces' argues that a more fundamental disavowal of human animality conditions the bestialization of racial and se...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peterson, Christopher, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
University of South Alabama
1800-1999
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Philosophical anthropology in literature.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Race in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Anthropologie philosophique dans la littérature.
Altérité dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
American literature.
Literatur
Rasse > Motiv
Rassismus > Motiv
Das Animalische
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aping apes: Edgar Allan Poe's "The murders in the Rue Morgue" and Richard Wright's Native son
  • Slavery's bestiary: Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales
  • Autoimmunity and ante-racism: Philip Roth's The human stain
  • Ashamed of shame: J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace.

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