The romance of race
Subtitle: incest, miscegenation, and multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930
By: Jolie A. Sheffer
Series: American literatures initiative
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780813554631; 9780813554624; 9780813554648
Subjects: Multiculturalism in literature; Intellectual life; History and criticism; American literature; Minorities; Women authors; Minority authors; Ethnic groups in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mulattos, mysticism, and marriage: African American identity and psychic integration; title: Half-caste family romances: divergent paths of Asian American identity; title: The Mexican Mestizo/a in the Mexican American imaginary; title: Half-breeds and homesteaders: Native/American alliances in the West; title: Blood and blankets: Americanizing European immigrants through cultural miscegenation and textile reproduction.