Race, Nation, and Gender in Literature, 1790-1890
Edición de la obra U.S. Orientalisms
| Autor | Malini Johar Schueller |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of Michigan Press |
| Fecha de publicación | March 28, 2001 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 264 |
| Formato | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780472087747 |
| ISBN-10 | 0472087746 |
| OCLC | 48633491 |
| LCCN | 97021206 |
| Número de Cutter | S385u |
U.S. Orientalisms: Race, Nation, and Gender in Literature, 1790-1890 is the first extensive and politicized study of nineteenth-century American discourses that helped build an idea of nationhood with control over three "Orients": the "Barbary" Orient, the Orient of Egypt, and the Orient of India. Malini Johar Schueller persuasively argues that current notions about the East can be better understood as latter-day manifestations of the earlier U.S. visions of the Orient refracted variously through millennial fervor, racial-cultural difference, and ideas of westerly empire. This book will be of interest to readers in American history, postcolonial studies, gender studies, and literary theory.