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Zusatztext Jay's painstaking research into the spectrum of racial liberalism and the transformational possibility of white awareness proffers productive lines of enquiry for resistance studies. Informationen zum Autor Gregory S. Jay is Professor of English, University Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Klappentext White Writers, Race Matters explores the popular tradition of white-authored novels about racism in America. What explains their success, and what are their limitations? This study examines these questions through rich case studies combining biography, historical analysis, close reading, and literary theory to map the significance of this genre and its ongoing relevance. Zusammenfassung White Writers, Race Matters explores the popular tradition of white-authored novels about racism in America. What explains their success, and what are their limitations? This study examines these questions through rich case studies combining biography, historical analysis, close reading, and literary theory to map the significance of this genre and its ongoing relevance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Sympathy in Action: Stowe, Twain, and the Origins of Liberal Race Fiction Chapter 2: How It Feels to be a Trade-mark: Fannie Hurst's Imitation of Life Chapter 3: Jew Like Me: Empathy and Antisemitism in Laura Zametkin Hobson's Gentleman's Agreement Chapter 4: Desegregating Liberalism: Radical Identifications in Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit and Killers of the Dream Chapter 5: Queer Children and Representative Men: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 6: Speaking of Abjection: White Writing and Black Resistance in Kathryn Stockett's The Help Afterword Endnotes Works Cited
