Disturbing Calculations: The Economics of Identity in Postcolonial Southern Literature, 1912-2002 - The New Southern Studies - Melanie Benson Taylor - Books - University of Georgia Press - 9780820331126 - August 15, 2008
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Disturbing Calculations: The Economics of Identity in Postcolonial Southern Literature, 1912-2002 - The New Southern Studies


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Moments of mathematical reckoning pervade twentieth-century southern literature by authors including William Faulkner, Anita Loos, William Attaway, and Dorothy Allison, revealing a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity.


320 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 15, 2008
ISBN13 9780820331126
Publishers University of Georgia Press
Pages 280
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 18 mm   ·   381 g
Language English  

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