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"Miscegenation" : making race in America / Elise Lemire.

Van Pelt Library 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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