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Writing Race Across the Atlantic World: Medieval to Modern
Nima Rezaei
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Description for Writing Race Across the Atlantic World: Medieval to Modern
Hardcover. This collection of original essays explores the origins of contemporary notions of race in the oceanic interculture of the Atlantic world in the early modern period. In doing so, it breaks down institutional boundaries between 'American' and 'British' literature in this early period. Editor(s): Beidler, Philip D.; Taylor, Gary. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
This collection of original essays explores the origins of contemporary notions of race in the oceanic interculture of the Atlantic world in the early modern period. In doing so, it breaks down institutional boundaries between 'American' and 'British' literature in this early period, as well as between 'history' and 'literature'. Individual essays address the ways in which categories of 'race' - black brown, red and white, African American and Afro-Caribbean, Spanish and Jewish, English and Celtic, native American and Northern European, creole and mestizo - were constructed or adapted by early modern writers. The collection brings together a top collection ... Read more
This collection of original essays explores the origins of contemporary notions of race in the oceanic interculture of the Atlantic world in the early modern period. In doing so, it breaks down institutional boundaries between 'American' and 'British' literature in this early period, as well as between 'history' and 'literature'. Individual essays address the ways in which categories of 'race' - black brown, red and white, African American and Afro-Caribbean, Spanish and Jewish, English and Celtic, native American and Northern European, creole and mestizo - were constructed or adapted by early modern writers. The collection brings together a top collection ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Signs of Race
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312295967
SKU
V9780312295967
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About Nima Rezaei
PHILIP BEIDLER is Professor of English at the University of Alabama and has written books on early American Culture and the literature of the Vietnam War. GARY TAYLOR is professor of English and Director of the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies at the University of Alabama. He's widely published and is one of the leading figures of the ... Read more
Reviews for Writing Race Across the Atlantic World: Medieval to Modern
"I found all the essays in this very diverse collection to be at once historical, anecdotal, and a real pleasure to read. I found these essays to be pioneering in their efforts to demonstrate that we must have studies that do more than compare the constructions of race across time and geography. These essays show that we must be attentive ... Read more