Cast Down - Abjection in America, 1700-1850

Informationen zum Autor Mark J. Miller Klappentext In Cast Down: Abjection in America, 1700-1850 , Mark J. Miller argues that transatlantic Protestant discourses of abjection engaged with, and furthered the development of, concepts of race and sexuality in the creation of public subjects and public spheres. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. From Roses to Neuroses Chapter 1. Conversion, Suffering, and Publicity Chapter 2. Indian Abjection in the Public Sphere Chapter 3. The Martyrology of White Abolitionists Chapter 4. Masochism, Minstrelsy, and Liberal Revolution Epilogue. Child Pets, Melville's Pip, and Oriental Blackness Notes Index Acknowledgments

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• Authors: Mark J. Miller, Mark Joseph Miller
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2016
• EAN: 9780812248029
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4802-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)