Disturbing calculations : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 /

Disturbing calculations : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 /

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In fiction by a large, diverse group of authors, including William Faulkner, Anita Loos, William Attaway, Dorothy Allison and Lan Cao, Benson identifies a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual...

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Main Author: Taylor, Melanie Benson, 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, ©2008.
Series:New southern studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
1900-2000.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Value in literature.
Value > Psychological aspects.
Numbers in literature.
Fetishism in literature.
Narcissism in literature.
Ego (Psychology) in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Valeur dans la littérature.
Valeur > Aspect psychologique.
Fétichisme dans la littérature.
Narcissisme dans la littérature.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
18.06 Anglo-American literature.
American literature.
Literature.
Identität > Motiv
Literatur
Littérature américaine > États-Unis (sud) > Histoire et critique.
Valeur > Dans la littérature.
Nombres > Dans la littérature.
Soi > Dans la littérature.
Identité (psychologie) > Dans la littérature.
Southern States > In literature.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la littérature.
Southern States.
USA > Südstaaten
États-Unis (sud) > Dans la littérature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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