Nineteenth-Century Visions of Race: British Travel Writing about America concerns the depiction of racial Others in travel writing produced by British travelers coming to America between 1815 and 1861.
Nineteenth-Century Visions of Race: British Travel Writing about America concerns the depiction of racial Others in travel writing produced by British travelers coming to America between 1815 and 1861.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Justyna Fruzi¿ska holds an MA in American Literature and a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of Lodz, Poland, where she holds the position of Assistant Professor and teaches American literature, culture, and history. Her publications include Emerson Goes to the Movies: Individualism in Walt Disney Company's Post-1989 Animated Films (2014), as well as numerous academic articles on American popular culture, travel writing, Transcendentalism, and Polish poetry.
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Acknowledgments Introduction The visitors Transatlantic relations in the early 19th century The discourse of travel writing Chapter One: Nineteenth-Century Conceptions of Race The beginnings of racial science Attitudes towards blacks and Native Americans Chapter Two: Touring the Land of the Unfree The South, the North, and abolitionism Objective observers Essentialist views of race Nineteenth-century racial hierarchies Chapter Three: Children of the Forest, Noble and Ignoble Savages: Encounters with Native Americans Sympathy for the oppressed Savages noble and ignoble: the double image Doomed to extinction Extremes of contempt Chapter Four: Gazing at Racialized Bodies Seeking esthetic pleasure The ugly, the grotesque, the animal Performing race Speaking for itself? Conclusion Index
Acknowledgments Introduction The visitors Transatlantic relations in the early 19th century The discourse of travel writing Chapter One: Nineteenth-Century Conceptions of Race The beginnings of racial science Attitudes towards blacks and Native Americans Chapter Two: Touring the Land of the Unfree The South, the North, and abolitionism Objective observers Essentialist views of race Nineteenth-century racial hierarchies Chapter Three: Children of the Forest, Noble and Ignoble Savages: Encounters with Native Americans Sympathy for the oppressed Savages noble and ignoble: the double image Doomed to extinction Extremes of contempt Chapter Four: Gazing at Racialized Bodies Seeking esthetic pleasure The ugly, the grotesque, the animal Performing race Speaking for itself? Conclusion Index
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