The fugitive's properties
Subtitle: law and the poetics of possession
By: Stephen M. Best.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Slavery in literature.; Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.; Law and literature -- History -- 19th century.; African Americans in literature.; Fugitive slaves in literature.; Property in literature.; Race in literature.
Description: 'The Fugitive's Properties' uncovers a poetics of intangible personified property emerging out of antebellum laws circulating through key 19th century works of literature, and informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrelsy and early race films.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-351) and index.