Imitation nation red, white, and blackface in early and Antebellum US literature / Jason Richards.

Author/creator Richards, Jason, 1968-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.
Descriptionxi, 244 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: fail in originality, succeed in imitation -- The new republic's two frontiers: redface desire, European mimicry, and Edgar Huntly -- Localizing the early republic: Washington Irving and blackface culture -- Cooper's Anglo-Saxon masquerade: redface, whiteface, and the pioneers -- Blackface minstrelsy and the making of African American selfhood in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Melville's (inter)national burlesque: whiteface, blackface, and "Benito Cereno" -- Blackface violence and the early African American novel -- Epilogue: absorbing mimesis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017025187
ISBN9780813940649 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
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