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Author:

Brody, Jennifer DeVere.

Title:

Impossible purities : blackness, femininity, and Victorian culture / Jennifer DeVere Brody.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Blacks--Great Britain--History--History--19th century.
Race awareness--Great Britain--History--19th century.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.
Women, Black, in literature.
Femininity in literature.
Blacks in literature.
Race in literature.
Black race--Color.
Littérature anglaise--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Noirs--Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--Histoire--19e siècle.
Conscience de race--Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--19e siècle.
Anglais dans la littérature.
Noires dans la littérature.
Féminité dans la littérature.
Noirs dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Race noire--Couleur.
Grande-Bretagne--Civilisation--19e siècle.
Conscience de race--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--19e siècle.
Féminité (psychologie)--Dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Dans la littérature.
Anglais--Dans la littérature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-243) and index.

Contents:

Complicating categories. --Miscegenating mulattaroons. --Casting the dye. --Masking faces. --Deforming island races. --Epilogue.

ISBN:

9780822321200 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0822321203 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780822321057 (acid-free paper)
082232105X (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39085473

LCCN:

98023196

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)