Title Blackness and value : seeing double / Lindon Barrett

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [116] Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 116. Contents Introduction -- Part I. Violence and the unsightly: Figures of violence -- Figuring others of value -- (Further) figures of violence -- Part II. Reasonings and reasonableness: De-marking limits -- Part III. Phonic and scopic economies: Signs of others -- Signs of the visible Summary "Blackness and Value investigates the principles by which "value" operates and asks whether it is useful to imagine that the concepts of racial blackness and whiteness in the United States operate in terms of these principles." "The book traces several interrelations between value and race, such as literate/illiterate, the signing/singing voice, time/space, civic/criminal, and academy/street, and offers relevant and fresh readings of two novels by Ann Petry. Whereas commonly approaches to race and value are examined historically or sociologically, this intriguing study provides a new critical approach that speaks to theorists of race as well as gender and queer studies."--Jacket Notes Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index Notes Print version record Subject Petry, Ann, 1908-1997 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Petry, Ann, 1908-1997 fast Petry, Ann Lane, (1908- ...) -- critique et interprétation. ram Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Violence -- Social aspects -- United States Race -- Social aspects -- United States African Americans in literature. Social values -- United States Violence in literature. Racism -- United States Race in literature. Duality (Logic) LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African Americans in literature African Americans -- Intellectual life Duality (Logic) Literature and society Political and social views Race in literature Race relations Race -- Social aspects Racism Social values Violence in literature Violence -- Social aspects Gewalt Motiv Literatur Literatursoziologie Dualismus Motiv Violence -- Dans la littérature. Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle. Noirs américains -- Dans la littérature. Race -- Dans la littérature. Littérature américaine -- Auteurs noirs américains. Violence dans la littérature. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States USA Schwärze Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511003455 9780511003455 9780521109956 0521109957

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