A question of character : scientific racism and the genres of American fiction, 1892-1912 /
Boeckmann, Cathy,1968-
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.
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.
American fiction
Racism in literature.
American fiction
Literature and science
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Race discrimination in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Eugenics in literature.
Literary form.