| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 263 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The new southern studies
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New southern studies.
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| Contents |
The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Southern States. |
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Value in literature.
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Value in literature. |
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Value -- Psychological aspects.
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Value -- Psychological aspects. |
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Value. |
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Numbers in literature.
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Numbers in literature. |
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Fetishism in literature.
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Fetishism in literature. |
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Narcissism in literature.
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Narcissism in literature. |
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Ego (Psychology) in literature.
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Ego (Psychology) in literature. |
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
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Southern States -- In literature.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benson, Melanie R., 1976- Disturbing calculations. Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, ©2008 9780820329727 (DLC) 2007045060 (OCoLC)180690017 |
| ISBN |
9780820336725 (electronic book) |
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0820336726 (electronic book) |
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082032972X (alkaline paper) |
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0820331120 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780820329727 (alkaline paper) |
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9780820331126 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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