Minority reports : identity and social knowledge in nineteenth-century American literature / Michael Borgstrom

Author: Borgstrom, Michael
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: xv, 183 pages ; 22 cm.

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Series

Future of minority studies

Contents

1. What Do We Want from Harriet Wilson? -- 2. Frank J. Webb and the Fate of the Sentimental Race Man -- 3. Setting the Record Straight in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- 4. Frederick Douglass and the Limits of Knowledge -- 5. Face Value: Ambivalent Citizenship in Iola Leroy.

Subject(s)

American literature—Minority authors—History and criticism
American literature—19th century—History and criticism
Minorities in literature
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
African American authors
Women authors, American

ISBN

9780230622630 (hbk.)
0230622631 (hbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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