American racial discourse, 1900-1930: Schuyler's 'Black No More.' (George Schuyler)

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George Schuyler's 'Black No More' was published in 1931, a time when racial essences and their relation to national character were the center of public debate. In his spoof, Schuyler suggested that there was too much racialist thinking in the US. The book's popularity among African-Americans signalled how this group was aware of the contradictory claims made about race and culture and how these claims affected the articulation of working class identity. 'Black No More' places both 'blackness' and 'whiteness' as they were shaped by an industrial and market economy that was ready to obliterate culture, tradition, and individual identity.

Works, Culture, Schuyler, George

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Heterosexual exchange and other Victorian fictions: "The Eustace Diamonds" and Victorian anthropology

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Issues concerning the relationship between sex and money, or the commercialization of relationships, in the Victorian novel are examined, focusing on heterosexual exchange as portrayed in Anthony Trollope's novel "The Eustace Diamonds." Topics include superficiality and substance as exemplified in the novel's heroines, the female body as commodity, matrilineage, and sexual identity.

United Kingdom, Sex, Sexual behavior, Economic aspects, Literature, 19th century AD, Trollope, Anthony, The Eustace Diamonds (Book)

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The road out of the black belt: sociology's fictions and black subjectivity in "Native Son"

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Issues concerning the novelist Richard Wright's view of American racism against African Americans are examined, focusing on Wright's literary investigations into avenues by which African Americans can escape white bigotry. Topics include the inadequacy of white capitalistic liberalism, and the responsibility of the black artist in defining American society.

United States, Race relations, Prejudices, Prejudice, Wright, Richard (American writer), Native Son (Novel)

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