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A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912
- Title
- A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912 / Cathy Boeckmann.
- Author
- Boeckmann, Cathy, 1968-
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2000.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 238 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- Subjects
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Passing (Identity) in literature
- Literary form
- Racism in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- Characters and characteristics in literature
- Eugenics in literature
- Literature and science > United States > History
- Race discrimination in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Scientific racism, character, and American fiction -- Thomas Dixon and the rhetorical mulatto -- Pudd'nhead Wilson's phrenological photograph -- Howells and Chesnutt: the racial uses of genre -- Character and Black art in the autobiography of an ex-Coloured man -- Epilogue: race and representation -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 00-4965
- ISBN
- 0817310215 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99006765
- OCLC
- 42022208
- Author
- Boeckmann, Cathy, 1968-
- Title
- A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912 / Cathy Boeckmann.
- Imprint
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2000.
- Series
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 00-4965