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Antebellum at sea : maritime fantasies in nineteenth-century America

Title
Antebellum at sea : maritime fantasies in nineteenth-century America / Jason Berger.
Author
Berger, Jason, 1976-
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

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x, 338 p.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Bewitching sea -- Fantasies of the common sailor; or, enjoying the knowing Jack Tar -- Tarrying with the national: fantasizing the subject of state -- Tattoos in Typee: rethinking Melville's "cultural grotesque" -- Melville's porno-tropics: re-sexuating pacific encounters -- The crater and the master's reign: Cooper's "floating imperium" -- The sublime abject of democracy: Melville's "floating imperium" -- Epilogue: Incomplete sea.
Call Number
JFD 13-1452
ISBN
  • 9780816677061 (hc : acid-free paper)
  • 0816677069 (hc : acid-free paper)
  • 9780816677078 (pb : acid-free paper)
  • 0816677077 (pb : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2012027703
OCLC
788268261
Author
Berger, Jason, 1976-
Title
Antebellum at sea : maritime fantasies in nineteenth-century America / Jason Berger.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 13-1452
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