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BL
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1006649
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b761019
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Taylor, Melanie Benson,1976-
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Disturbing calculations : : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 /\ Melanie R. Benson.
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| Publication Statement
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Athens, Ga. :: University of Georgia Press,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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The new southern studies
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1 online resource (xi, 263 pages)
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| ISBN
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0820336726
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: 9780820336725
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082032972X
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0820331120
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9780820329727
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9780820331126
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index.
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| Contents
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The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones.
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American literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- Southern States-- History and criticism.
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Ego (Psychology) in literature.
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Fetishism in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Narcissism in literature.
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Numbers in literature.
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Value in literature.
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Value-- Psychological aspects.
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American literature.
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Ego (Psychology) in literature.
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Fetishism in literature.
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Identité (psychologie)-- Dans la littérature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Semiotics Theory.
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Literature.
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Littérature américaine-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature américaine-- États-Unis (sud)-- Histoire et critique.
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Narcissism in literature.
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Nombres-- Dans la littérature.
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Numbers in literature.
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Soi-- Dans la littérature.
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Valeur-- Aspect psychologique.
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Valeur-- Dans la littérature.
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Value in literature.
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Value-- Psychological aspects.
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Southern States, In literature.
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États-Unis (sud), Dans la littérature.
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Southern States.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.5093553
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| LC Classification
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PS261.B48 2008eb
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