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Whispered Consolations : Law and Narrative in African American Life.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Law, Meaning, and Violence SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (416 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472022823
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Whispered ConsolationsDDC classification:
  • 342.730873
LOC classification:
  • KF4757
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Signifying, Epistemology, and Ontology in Law and African American Narrative -- or, A House of Laws on Fire -- 1. In Search of Justice and Jurisprudence -- 2. Romance and Resistance -- 3. The Romance of Desire and Identity -- 4. Privacy, Property, and Self -- 5. Law and the Urbanization of Narrative in "Postproperty" African American Life -- 6. Lynchings and Passing -- 7. Resistance in Renascence -- 8. At the End of Histories -- Epilogue: The Reemergence of Desire and the Postclassical Narrative, or "Hoo-Doo . . ." and "How-To . . . -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Explores the relationship between African American literature and American law.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Signifying, Epistemology, and Ontology in Law and African American Narrative -- or, A House of Laws on Fire -- 1. In Search of Justice and Jurisprudence -- 2. Romance and Resistance -- 3. The Romance of Desire and Identity -- 4. Privacy, Property, and Self -- 5. Law and the Urbanization of Narrative in "Postproperty" African American Life -- 6. Lynchings and Passing -- 7. Resistance in Renascence -- 8. At the End of Histories -- Epilogue: The Reemergence of Desire and the Postclassical Narrative, or "Hoo-Doo . . ." and "How-To . . . -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Explores the relationship between African American literature and American law.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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