"Race," writing, and difference /
edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.
- Summary
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A classic of cultural criticism, "Race," Writing, and Difference provides a broad introduction to the idea of "race" as a meaningful category in the study of literature and the shaping of critical theory. This collection demonstrates the variety of critical approaches through which one may discuss the complexities of racial "otherness" in various modes of discourse. Now, fifteen years after their first publication, these essays have managed to escape the cliches associated with the race-class-gender trinity of '80s criticism, and remain a provocative overview of the complex interplay between race, writing, and difference.
- Note
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"The essays ... originally appeared in two issues of Critical inquiry: Autumn 1985 (vol. 12, no. 1) and Autumn 1986 (vol. 13, no. 1)"--Title page verso.
- Physical Description
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422 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
- ISBN
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9780226284347
0226284344
9780226284354
0226284352
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