Blackness and Value: Seeing Double
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series)
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Blackness and Value investigates the principles by which value operates, and asks if it is useful to imagine that the concepts of racial blackness and whiteness in the United States operate in terms of these principles. Testing these concepts by exploring various theoretical approaches and their shortcomings, Lindon Barrett finds that the gulf between the street (where race is acknowledged as a powerful enigma) and the literary academy (where until recently it has not been) can be understood as a symptom of racial violence. While commonly approaches to race and value are examined historically or sociologically, this intriguing study provides a new critical approach that speaks to theorists of race as well as gender and queer studies.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521109957
ISBN13:9780521109956
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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American Literature Criticism & Theory Ethnic Studies History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literary Theory Literature Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics TextbooksCustomer Reviews
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