Bodies of reform the rhetoric of character in Gilded Age America

Bodies of reform : the rhetoric of character in Gilded Age America / James B. Salazar.

Author/creator	Salazar, James B.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press,
Description	x, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	American fiction--19th century --History and criticism. Character in literature. Characters and characteristics in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. Character--Political aspects --United States --History --19th century. Rhetoric--Political aspects --United States --History --19th century. Political culture--United States --History --19th century. Politics and literature--United States --History --19th century.

Series	America and the long 19th century America and the long 19th century. ^A785335
Contents	Introduction: the grandest thing in the world -- Philanthropic taste: race and character in Herman Melville's The confidence-man -- Character is capital: manufacturing habit in Mark Twain's character-factory -- Muscle memory: building the body politic of character in Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The National Police Gazette -- A story written on her face: Pauline Hopkins's unmaking of the inherited character of race -- Character's conduct: spaces of interethnic emulation in Jane Addams's charitable effort.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010019202
ISBN	9780814741306 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN	0814741304 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780814741313 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0814741312 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780814741320 (e-book : alk. paper)
ISBN	0814741320 (e-book : alk. paper)

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