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BL
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696699
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b518888
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| Main Entry
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Srikanth, Rajini
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| Title & Author
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Constructing the enemy : : empathy/antipathy in U.S. literature and law /\ Rajini Srikanth
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Temple University Press,, 2012
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205 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1439903239 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1439903247 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1439903255 (e-book)
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: 9781439903230 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781439903247 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781439903254 (e-book)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The landscape of empathy -- Literary imagination and American empathy -- Deserving empathy? Renouncing American citizenship -- Hierarchies of horror, levels of abuse: empathy for the internees -- Guantanamo: where lawyers connect with the "worst of the worst." -- Conclusion: Prognosis: the future of empathy in the United States
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American literature-- History and criticism
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Aversion in literature
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Empathy in literature
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Law and literature-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/3554
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| LC Classification
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PS169.L37S69 2012
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