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Disturbing Calculations: The Economics of Identity in Postcolonial Southern Literature, 1912-2002 (The New Southern Studies)
Melanie Taylor
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Description for Disturbing Calculations: The Economics of Identity in Postcolonial Southern Literature, 1912-2002 (The New Southern Studies)
Paperback. Reveals affinities between antebellum southern and modern American capitalist psychology. This book identifies a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity. Series: New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
This title reveals affinities between antebellum southern and modern American capitalist psychology.In ""Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel"", Margaret Leonard says, ""Never mind about algebra here. That's for poor folks. There's no need for algebra where two and two make five."" Moments of mathematical reckoning like this pervade twentieth-century southern literature, says Melanie R. Benson. 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 worth and identity.This ""narcissistic fetish ... Read more
This title reveals affinities between antebellum southern and modern American capitalist psychology.In ""Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel"", Margaret Leonard says, ""Never mind about algebra here. That's for poor folks. There's no need for algebra where two and two make five."" Moments of mathematical reckoning like this pervade twentieth-century southern literature, says Melanie R. Benson. 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 worth and identity.This ""narcissistic fetish ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
New Southern Studies
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820331126
SKU
V9780820331126
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