03368nam 2200757Ia 450 991079244680332120200520144314.01-282-55320-80-8203-3672-6(CKB)2670000000016581(OCoLC)593295497(CaPaEBR)ebrary10367036(SSID)ssj0000336803(PQKBManifestationID)11303915(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336803(PQKBWorkID)10283951(PQKB)10216678(MdBmJHUP)muse14654(Au-PeEL)EBL3038814(CaPaEBR)ebr10367036(CaONFJC)MIL255320(MiAaPQ)EBC3038814(EXLCZ)99267000000001658120071031d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDisturbing calculations[electronic resource] the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 /Melanie R. BensonAthens, Ga. University of Georgia Pressc20081 online resource (280 p.) New southern studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8203-2972-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-251) and index.The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones.New southern studies.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican literatureSouthern StatesHistory and criticismEgo (Psychology) in literatureFetishism in literatureIdentity (Psychology) in literatureNarcissism in literatureNumbers in literatureValue in literatureValuePsychological aspectsSouthern StatesIn literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.Ego (Psychology) in literature.Fetishism in literature.Identity (Psychology) in literature.Narcissism in literature.Numbers in literature.Value in literature.ValuePsychological aspects.813/.5093553Taylor Melanie Benson1976-1473430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792446803321Disturbing calculations3686591UNINA