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Doyle Laura |
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Titolo |
Bordering on the body [[electronic resource] ] : the racial matrix of modern fiction and culture / / Laura Doyle |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-55590-4 |
0-19-535875-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Collana |
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Race and American culture |
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Disciplina |
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813.509896073 |
813.52093520431 |
813/.509896073 |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
African Americans in literature |
Human body in literature |
Modernism (Literature) |
Mothers in literature |
Race in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. Of Race and Woman: Eugenics, Motherhood, and Racial Patriarchy; 2. Romanticism and the Race Aesthetic: Scott and Wordsworth; 3. Reimagining Materiality after Romanticism: Science, Phenomenology, and Narrative; 4. Swan Song for the Race Mother: Late-Romantic Narrative in Cane; 5. The Parodic Purge, the Maternal Return: Late-Romantic Narrative in Ulysses; 6. Voyaging Beyond the Race Mother: Melymbrosia and To the Lighthouse; 7. Burning Down the House: Interruptive Narrative in Invisible Man; 8. ""To Get to a Place"": Intercorporeality in Beloved; Conclusion; Notes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The figure of the mother in literature and the arts has been the subject |
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