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An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark

Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

By: Karina Jakubowicz,Adam Perchard

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An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark

Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

By: Karina Jakubowicz,Adam Perchard

Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is a seminal piece of literary criticism, and a masterclass in the critical thinking skill of interpretation. Interpretation plays a vital role in critical thinking: it focuses on interrogating accepted meanings and laying down clear definitions on which a strong argument can be built. Both history and literary history in the US have frequently revolved around understanding how Americans define themselves and each other, and Morrison’s work seeks to investigate, question, and redefine one of the central concepts in American history and American literary history: color.. Morrison turned to the classics of American literature to ask how authors had chosen to define the terms ‘black’ and ‘white.’ Instead of accepting traditional interpretations of these works, Morrison examined the way in which ‘whiteness’ defines itself through ‘blackness,’ and vice versa. Black bondage and the myths of black inferiority and savagery, she showed, allowed white America to indulge its own defining myths – viewing itself as free, civilized, and innocent. A classic of subtle and incisive interpretation, Playing in the Dark shows just how crucial and how complex simple-looking definitions can be.

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CRC Press

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1351352679

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Salt, Sweat, Tears

The Men Who Rowed the Oceans

By: Adam Rackley

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The Men Who Rowed the Oceans

By: Adam Rackley

A riveting first-person account and history of rowers who have attempted to navigate across the Atlantic More people have climbed Mount Everest than have rowed across the Atlantic. For more than seventy days, Adam Rackley and his rowing partner ate, slept and rowed in a boat seven meters long by two meters wide, in one of the world’s most extreme environments. This is his story of adventure, endurance, and self-discovery. They were following in the wake of pioneers. In 1896 George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen, a pair of Norwegian fisherman, crossed the 2,500 miles in a wooden fishing dory––and their record stood for 114 years. John Fairfax, a smuggler, a gambler, and a shark hunter, was the first to complete the feat singlehandedly in 1969. Others have followed; some have not survived the attempt. This is their story, too.

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289

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Penguin Group

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0143126660

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9780143126669

The Muslim Problem

From the British Empire to Islamophobia

By: Ismail Adam Patel

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The Muslim Problem

From the British Empire to Islamophobia

By: Ismail Adam Patel

This book explains the increasing incidences and normalisation of Islamophobia, by analysing the role of signifiers of free speech, censorship, and fatwa during the Satanic Verses affair in problematising the figure of the Muslim. Ismail Patel develops the notion of Islamophobia not as a continuation of the antagonistic relation from the British Empire but as a postcolonial reformulation of the figure of the Muslim. The book views Islamophobia studies as a paradigm, engages in the debate of Islamophobia as a global phenomenon, investigates the contestation over its definition and challenges the view of Islamophobia as a reserve of the far-right. It assesses the debate around the concept of identity and shows how the colonised figure of the Muslim provided significance in constructing British imperial identity. Providing a decolonial, counter-Islamophobia approach that challenges Britishness’ exclusionary white symbolic content, the book calls for a liberating idea of Britishness that promotes a post-racist rather than a post-race society. Theoretically rich in analysis, this book will contribute to discussions of identity formation, Britishness, Islamophobia and counter-Islamophobia. It will be of use to students and researchers across history, politics, sociology, cultural studies, literary studies, and anthropology.

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Springer Nature

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3030758427

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9783030758424

An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark

Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

By: Karina Jakubowicz,Adam Perchard

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Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

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The Garden of Eden

A Play in Three Acts

By: Adam Pfeffer

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The Garden of Eden

A Play in Three Acts

By: Adam Pfeffer

In the beginning...there was paradise. Meet God, Adam and Eve and, of course, the Serpent as they live in the legendary place known as The Garden of Eden. Apples abound as Adam and Eve try to avoid being cursed and thrown out of the garden forever. Theres also Cain and Abel and the fight for supremacy. Watch as Eve tries to save her sisters of the human race from being cursed for centuries. Its all in there just as you remember and yet, a little different. Come back to the beginning when man and woman were peaceful and content. Before human nature took hold and the Fall began. See as human history begins and the folly of the human race unfolds. Youll have so much fun, you wont want to leave the Garden of Eden ever again!

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iUniverse

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1475977077

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An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark

An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark

Salt, Sweat, Tears

Salt, Sweat, Tears

The Muslim Problem

The Muslim Problem

An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark

An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark

The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden

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