A question of character scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912

A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912 / Cathy Boeckmann.

Author/creator	Boeckmann, Cathy, 1968-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,
Description	viii, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	American fiction--19th century --History and criticism. Racism in literature. American fiction--20th century --History and criticism. Literature and science--United States --History. Characters and characteristics in literature. Racially mixed people in literature. Race discrimination in literature. Passing (Identity) in literature. African Americans in literature. Eugenics in literature. Literary form--History --19th century. Literary form--History --20th century.

Series	Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
Contents	Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Scientific racism, character, and American fiction -- Thomas Dixon and the rhetorical mulatto -- Pudd'nhead Wilson's phrenological photograph -- Howells and Chesnutt: the racial uses of genre -- Character and black art in The autobiography of an ex-Coloured man -- Epilogue: race and representation -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	99006765
ISBN	0817310215 (alk. paper)

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