Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson
| Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
| Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
| Collana | New southern studies |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459341503321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976->
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson
| Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
| Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
| Collana | New southern studies |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792446803321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976->
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| Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reconstructing the native south [[electronic resource] ] : American Indian literature and the lost cause / / Melanie Benson Taylor
| Reconstructing the native south [[electronic resource] ] : American Indian literature and the lost cause / / Melanie Benson Taylor |
| Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/897075 |
| Collana | The new southern studies |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - Indian authors - History and criticism
Indians in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-43205-6
9786613432056 0-8203-4188-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Reconstructing the south: region, tribe, and sovereignty in the age of global capitalism -- Reconstructing loss: Native Americans, nostalgia, and tribalography in southern literature -- Red, black, and southern: Alliances and erasures in the biracial south -- Reckoning the future: Capitalism, culture, and the production of community -- Excavating the world: Unearthing the past and finding the future on southern soil -- Conclusion: The south in the Indian and the Indian in the south. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464156303321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976->
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| Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reconstructing the native south [[electronic resource] ] : American Indian literature and the lost cause / / Melanie Benson Taylor
| Reconstructing the native south [[electronic resource] ] : American Indian literature and the lost cause / / Melanie Benson Taylor |
| Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/897075 |
| Collana | The new southern studies |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - Indian authors - History and criticism
Indians in literature |
| ISBN |
1-283-43205-6
9786613432056 0-8203-4188-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Reconstructing the south: region, tribe, and sovereignty in the age of global capitalism -- Reconstructing loss: Native Americans, nostalgia, and tribalography in southern literature -- Red, black, and southern: Alliances and erasures in the biracial south -- Reckoning the future: Capitalism, culture, and the production of community -- Excavating the world: Unearthing the past and finding the future on southern soil -- Conclusion: The south in the Indian and the Indian in the south. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788384003321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976->
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| Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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