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Game theory and minorities in American literature / Michael Wainwright.
Van Pelt Library PS153.M56 W35 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wainwright, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- American literature.
- Game theory.
- Minorities--United States--Intellectual life.
- Minorities.
- American literature--Minority authors.
- United States.
- Intellectual life.
- Minorities in literature.
- Canon (Literature).
- Physical Description:
- xx, 243 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- Summary:
- "This pioneering study applies the theory of games of strategy (or game theory) to a selection of minoritarian texts from the American canon. Concentrating on rational decision making, the discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas, the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, as a means of interpreting works by Franklin, Douglass, Jacobs, Hurston, Faulkner, Morrison, and Hamid"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137590558
- 1137590556
- OCLC:
- 919563292
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