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BL
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Record Number
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846223
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Main Entry
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Barrish, Phillip.
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Title & Author
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White liberal identity, literary pedagogy, and classic American realism /\ Phillip Barrish.
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Publication Statement
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Columbus :: Ohio State University Press,, ©2005.
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Page. NO
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ix, 168 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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0814210104
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: 0814251455
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: 0814290884
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: 9780814210109
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: 9780814251454
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: 9780814290880
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index.
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Contents
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What Edith Wharton teaches about the defense of affirmative action -- Mark Twain and the secret joys of antiracist pedagogy -- Gender, liberalism, and racial geometry -- Awakened White femininity and a shaping Mexicanist presence -- Trafficking in liberal masculinities -- American innocence vs. liberal guilt -- "A good fellow wronged" : Christopher Newman and the feeling of American exceptionalism -- Liberal guilt and the age of innocence.
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Abstract
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White Liberal Identity, Literary Pedagogy, and Classic American Realism brings literary works from the turn of the last century face to face with some of the dilemmas and paradoxes that currently define white liberal identity in the United States. Phillip Barrish develops fresh analytic and pedagogical tools for probing contemporary white liberalism, while also offering new critical insights and classroom approaches to American literary realism. New ground is broken by using bold close analysis of works by canonical American realist writers such as Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, and Kate Chopin. These contexts include an affirmative-action court case, the liberal arts classroom, and the "war on drugs," as well as current debates about the United States' role on the international scene. Invoking a methodology that he calls "critical presentism," Barrish's book offers a fresh response to that perennial classroom question, often posed most forcefully by students committed to progressive political agendas: why devote so much time and effort to detailed analyses of canonical American literature? This book makes specific contributions not only to American literary and cultural studies, but also to critical race theory, masculinity studies, and critical pedagogy. -- from back cover.
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Subject
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American fiction-- White authors-- History and criticism.
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Didactic fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Ethnic relations in literature.
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Group identity in literature.
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Liberalism in literature.
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Race in literature.
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Race relations in literature.
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Realism in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Identité collective dans la littérature.
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Libéralisme dans la littérature.
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Race dans la littérature.
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Réalisme dans la littérature.
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Relations interethniques dans la littérature.
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Relations raciales dans la littérature.
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Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
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Roman américain-- Auteurs blancs-- Histoire et critique.
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Roman didactique américain-- Histoire et critique.
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American fiction-- White authors.
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Didactic fiction, American.
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Ethnic relations in literature.
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Group identity in literature.
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Liberalism in literature.
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Liberalismus
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Literatur
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Race in literature.
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Race relations in literature.
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Realism in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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USA
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USA.
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Dewey Classification
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810.9/358
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LC Classification
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PS374.L42B37 2005
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NLM classification
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HT 1723rvk
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