Rewriting white : race, class, and cultural capital in nineteenth-century America /
What did it mean for people of color in nineteenth-century America to speak or write & amp;ldquo;white & amp;rdquo;? More specifically, how many and what kinds of meaning could such & amp;ldquo;white & amp;rdquo; writing carry? In ReWriting White, Todd Vogel looks at how America has...
| Основен автор: | Vogel, Todd, 1959- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=129957 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Rewriting white. |
| Резюме: |
What did it mean for people of color in nineteenth-century America to speak or write & amp;ldquo;white & amp;rdquo;? More specifically, how many and what kinds of meaning could such & amp;ldquo;white & amp;rdquo; writing carry? In ReWriting White, Todd Vogel looks at how America has racialized language and aesthetic achievement. To make his point, he showcases the surprisingly complex interactions between four nineteenth-century writers of color and the & amp;ldquo;standard white English & amp;rdquo; they adapted for their own moral, political, and social ends. The African American, Native American, and Chinese Americ. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0813537509 9780813537504 9780813534312 0813534313 9780813534329 0813534321 9780813558356 0813558352 |