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Games of property : law, race, gender, and Faulkner's Go down, Moses / Thadious M. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Thadious M., 1944-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Go down, Moses.
- Faulkner, William.
- African American women in literature.
- Property in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Race in literature.
- Law in literature.
- Southern States--In literature.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using Faulkner's Go Down Moses as a point of departure, this book explores the conflicting nature of property relations that have slavery in the U.S. at their base and have affected the conceptualizations of rights and representations of African A
- Contents:
- Introduction: the game of genre
- 1. The game of challenge
- 2. The object of property
- 3. The game of boundaries
- 4. The subject of property
- 5. Conclusion: the game of compensation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-329) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613064394
- 9781283064392
- 1283064391
- 9780822384458
- 0822384450
- OCLC:
- 245537924
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