The Half-Blood : A Cultural Symbol in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction /

The half-blood -- half Indian, half white -- is a frequent figure in the popular fiction of nineteenth-century America, for he (or sometimes she) served to symbolize many of the conflicting cultural values with which American society was then wrestling. In literature, as in real life the half-blood...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheick, William J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1979.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Miscegenation in literature.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent.
Indians in literature.
American fiction.
Mestizaje in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Metissage dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The half-blood -- half Indian, half white -- is a frequent figure in the popular fiction of nineteenth-century America, for he (or sometimes she) served to symbolize many of the conflicting cultural values with which American society was then wrestling. In literature, as in real life the half-blood was a product of the frontier, embodying the conflict between wilderness and civilization that haunted and stirred the American imagination. What was his identity? Was he indeed ""half Indian, half white, and half devil""--Or a bright link between the races from which would emerge a new American page.
Physical Description:1 online resource (128 pages).
ISBN:9780813149936

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