Race, Theft, and Ethics : Property Matters in African American Literature /

In Race, Theft, and Ethics, Lovalerie King examines African American literature's critique of American law concerning matters of property, paying particular attention to the stereotypical image of the black thief. She draws on two centuries of African American writing that reflects the manner i...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: King, Lovalerie
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Morale > Dans la litterature.
Droit > Dans la litterature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs noirs americains.
Propriete > Dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Roman > amerikanischer > Afroamerikanische Autoren > Motiv > Eigentum.
Roman > amerikanischer > Afroamerikanische Autoren > Motiv > Diebstahl.
Diebstahl > Motiv > Roman > amerikanischer > Afroamerikanische Autoren.
Eigentum > Motiv > Roman > amerikanischer > Afroamerikanische Autoren.
Theft in literature.
Race discrimination in literature.
Property in literature.
Law in literature.
Ethics in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Discrimination raciale dans la litterature.
Morale dans la litterature.
Droit dans la litterature.
Vol (Droit) dans la litterature.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Race, property, and ethics: the historical and legal equation
  • The ethics of living slavery and Jim Crow
  • Theft and love in two neo-freedom narratives: Toni Morrison's Beloved and Charles Johnson's Middle passage
  • Miscegenation, disinheritance, and the ethics of passing
  • In quest of the elusive American dream.

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