Gothic passages :: racial ambiguity and the American gothic /

This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity. By bringing together these areas of analysis, Justin Edwards considers the following questions. How are the categories of "race" and the...

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Main Author: Edwards, Justin D., 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This groundbreaking study analyzes the development of American gothic literature alongside nineteenth-century discourses of passing and racial ambiguity. By bringing together these areas of analysis, Justin Edwards considers the following questions. How are the categories of "race" and the rhetoric of racial difference tied to the language of gothicism? What can these discursive ties tell us about a range of social boundaries - gender, sexuality, class, race, etc. - during the nineteenth century? What can the construction and destabilization of these social boundarie
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 145 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-139) and index.
ISBN:1587294206
9781587294204

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