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Mixed bloods and other crosses : rethinking American literature from the Revolution to the culture wars / Betsy Erkkila.
Van Pelt Library PS169.S57 E75 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erkkila, Betsy, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Literature and society--United States.
- Literature and society.
- United States.
- Multiracial people in literature.
- Social conflict in literature.
- Minorities in literature.
- Ethnicity in literature.
- Violence in literature.
- Racism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- In this series of essays Betsy Erkkila considers the historical and psychological dramas of blood--as marker of violence, race, sex, kinship--that have stood near the center of American literature, culture, and politics since the eighteenth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812238443
- OCLC:
- 55960948
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