Olaudah Equiano, written by himself: The Interesting Narrative
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African written by him is a trauma narrative, narrated by a former slave. The trials and tribulations faced by Equiano lead him to the conclusion that to be African in an world that allows slavery is to be vulnerable, the point made being that whites are evil but that slavery as an institution dehumanizes the enslaver as much as the slave.
Publication Name: Novel
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0029-5132
Year: 2006
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Eugenic feminism: Asian reproduction in the U.S. national imaginary
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The manner in which the early twentieth-century feminists in the U.S. and India relied on the concept of eugenic reproduction to guarantee a privileged position for a modern eugenic feminism within the nation is discussed. Indian and U.S. feminists' works are analyzed to explore how both contributed to shaping each other and questioned women as reproductive bodies in the service of the nation.
Publication Name: Novel
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0029-5132
Year: 2006
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Bookcases, slipcases, uncut leaves: The anxiety of the gentleman's library
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The anxiety about books as both symbolic and cultural capital in a gentleman's library was felt with the advent of cheap editions of books in the nineteenth century. The way in which the building up of a great personal library came to top the wish list of gentlemen of leisure and would-be gentlemen during the transition from Victorian to modernist literary culture is examined.
Publication Name: Novel
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0029-5132
Year: 2005
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