LEADER 03006nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910816491803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-86456-8 010 $a0-8135-5210-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151165 035 $a(OCoLC)785785246 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10535578 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000693180 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405894 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000693180 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10638462 035 $a(PQKB)11366395 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19661 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL860794 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535578 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417706 035 $a(OCoLC)777375536 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC860794 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151165 100 $a20110110d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSignifying without specifying $eracial discourse in the age of Obama /$fStephanie Li 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (218 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8135-5143-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 - Violence and Toni Morrison's Racist House -- 2 - Hiding the Invisible Hurt of Race -- 3 - The Unspeakable Language of Race and Fantasy in the Stories of Jhumpa Lahiri -- 4 - Performing Intimacy -- Conclusion - The Demands of Precious -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. 330 $aStephanie Li argues that American politicians and writers are using a new kind of language to speak about race. Challenging the notion that we have moved into a "post-racial" era, she suggests that we are in an uneasy moment where American public discourse demands that race be seen, but not heard. Analyzing contemporary political speech with nuanced readings of works by such authors as Toni Morrison, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Colson Whitehead, Li investigates how Americans of color have negotiated these tensions, inventing new ways to signal racial affiliations without violating taboos against open discussions of race. 606 $aAmerican literature$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aPost-racialism$zUnited States 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aPost-racialism 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 676 $a810.9/3552 700 $aLi$b Stephanie$f1977-$01171735 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816491803321 996 $aSignifying without specifying$94077409 997 $aUNINA