Specters of democracy : blackness and the aesthetics of nationalism in the antebellum U.S. /

This text interrogates the representational strategies that 19th-century Americans used in art and literature to delineate blackness as an index to the forms of US citizenship. The book reveals how the task of representing African Americans in imaginative expression was part of a larger dilemma conc...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Wilson, Ivy G.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
This text interrogates the representational strategies that 19th-century Americans used in art and literature to delineate blackness as an index to the forms of US citizenship. The book reveals how the task of representing African Americans in imaginative expression was part of a larger dilemma concerning representative democracy.
Umfang:
1 online resource (250 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-534035-3
1-283-23558-7
9786613235589
0-19-971404-5
Schlagworte:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
African American authors > Political and social views.
Discourse analysis, Literary.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History.
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