Imitation Nation : Red, White, and Blackface in Early and Antebellum US Literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richards, Jason, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Minorities in literature.
American fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Race 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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: fail in originality, succeed in imitation
  • The new republic's two frontiers: redface desire, European mimicry, and Edgar Huntly
  • Localizing the early republic: Washington Irving and blackface culture
  • Cooper's Anglo-Saxon masquerade: redface, whiteface, and the pioneers
  • Blackface minstrelsy and the making of African American selfhood in Uncle Tom's cabin
  • Melville's (inter)national burlesque: whiteface, blackface, and "Benito Cereno"
  • Blackface violence and the early African American novel
  • Epilogue: absorbing mimesis.

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