The half-blood -- half Indian, half white -- is a frequent figure in the popular fiction of nineteenth-century America, for he (or sometimes she) served to symbolize many of the conflicting cultural values with which American society was then wrestling. In literature, as in real life the half-blood...

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1. Verfasser:	Scheick, William J.
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1979.
Schlagworte:	1800-1899 American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Indians in literature. Indians of North America > Mixed descent. Miscegenation (Racist theory) in literature. Mestizaje in literature. Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Métissage dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American. Mestizaje in literature American fiction Indians in literature Indians of North America > Mixed descent Miscegenation in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Zusammenfassung:	The half-blood -- half Indian, half white -- is a frequent figure in the popular fiction of nineteenth-century America, for he (or sometimes she) served to symbolize many of the conflicting cultural values with which American society was then wrestling. In literature, as in real life the half-blood was a product of the frontier, embodying the conflict between wilderness and civilization that haunted and stirred the American imagination. What was his identity? Was he indeed ""half Indian, half white, and half devil""--Or a bright link between the races from which would emerge a new American page
Beschreibung:	1 online resource
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780813149936 0813149932