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"Miscegenation" : making race in America / Elise Lemire.
Van Pelt Library PS217.M57 L46 2002
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LIBRA PS217.M57 L46 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lemire, Elise Virginia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Miscegenation (Racist theory) in literature.
- Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- United States.
- History.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--In literature.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Multiracial people in literature.
- Race relations in literature.
- Racism in literature.
- Race in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- "The sexualizing of race and the racializing of sex have shaped U.S. society in powerful and destructive ways. Lemire's brief, well-researched, and thoughtful book illustrates how key components of this protean process became part of the worldview of nineteenth-century white society."--"Choice"
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.
- ISBN:
- 0812236645
- OCLC:
- 49011195
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