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White writers, race matters : fictions of racial liberalism from Stowe to Stockett
- Title
- White writers, race matters : fictions of racial liberalism from Stowe to Stockett / Gregory S. Jay.
- Author
- Jay, Gregory S.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xi, 370 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "... Jay shows that this tradition [of white-authored protest fiction about racism in America] remains vital because every generation must relearn the lessons of antiracism and formulate effective cultural narratives for transmitting intellectual and affective [sic] tools useful in fighting injustice."
- Series Statement
- Oxford studies in American literary history
- Uniform Title
- Oxford studies in American literary history.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Sympathy in action: Stowe, Twain, and the origins of liberal race fiction -- How it feels to be a trade-mark: Fannie Hurst's Imitation of life -- Jew like me: empathy and antisemitism in Laura Zametkin Hobson's Gentleman;s agreement -- Desegregating liberalism: radical identifications in lillian Smith's Strange fruit and Killers of the dream -- Queer children and representative men: Harper Lee's To kill a mockingbird -- Speaking of abjection: white writing and black resistance in Kathryn Stockett's The help.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-4856
- ISBN
- 9780190687229
- 0190687223
- LCCN
- 2017015382
- OCLC
- 990803125
- Author
- Jay, Gregory S., author.
- Title
- White writers, race matters : fictions of racial liberalism from Stowe to Stockett / Gregory S. Jay.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Oxford studies in American literary historyOxford studies in American literary history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-4856