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Bestial traces : race, sexuality, animality / Christopher Peterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, Christopher, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Philosophical anthropology in literature.
- Other (Philosophy) in literature.
- Race in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 200 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In contemporary race and sexuality studies, the topic of animality emerges almost exclusively in order to index the dehumanization that makes discrimination possible. 'Bestial Traces' argues that a more fundamental disavowal of human animality conditions the bestialization of racial and sexual minorities.
- Contents:
- Aping apes: Edgar Allan Poe's "The murders in the Rue Morgue" and Richard Wright's Native son
- Slavery's bestiary: Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales
- Autoimmunity and ante-racism: Philip Roth's The human stain
- Ashamed of shame: J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-4521-7
- 0-8232-5260-4
- 0-8232-5058-X
- OCLC:
- 820632046
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