Minority Reports Identity and Social Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Through close readings of texts by African American and women authors, Minority Reports offers a theoretical defense of the use of identity categories in American studies by examining how early American literature not only responds to the social stratification of the nineteenth century but also chal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borgstrom, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2010, 2010
Series:The Future of Minority Studies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Through close readings of texts by African American and women authors, Minority Reports offers a theoretical defense of the use of identity categories in American studies by examining how early American literature not only responds to the social stratification of the nineteenth century but also challenges modern historical conceptions of this era
Physical Description:XV, 183 p online resource
ISBN:9780230109711