Technology and the logic of American racism : a cultural history of the body as evidence /: a cultural history of the body as evidence. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sarah E. Chinn.
• Other Names: Chinn, Sarah E
• Contents: Theorizing the body as evidence -- A show of hands: establishing identity in Mark Twain's The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Fixing identity: reading skin, seeing race -- "Liberty's life stream": blood, race, and citizenship in World War II -- Reading the "book of life": DNA and the meanings of identity -- Epilogue: future bodies, present selves.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages)
• Subjects: 305.8/00973; Race awareness -- United States -- History; Racism -- United States -- History; Human body -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Human body -- Symbolic aspects -- United States -- History; African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc -- History; Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Race awareness in literature; African Americans in literature; Conscience de race -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Racisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Corps humain -- Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Corps humain -- Aspect symbolique -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Noirs américains -- Droit -- Histoire; Technologie -- Aspect social -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Conscience de race dans la littérature; Noirs américains dans la littérature; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; African Americans in literature; African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc; Human body -- Social aspects; Human body -- Symbolic aspects; Race awareness; Race awareness in literature; Race relations; Racism; Technology -- Social aspects; United States -- Race relations; États-Unis -- Relations raciales; United States; Electronic books; History; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847143570; 1847143571
• Related ISBNs: 9780826447500; 0826447295; 0826447503; 9780826447296
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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