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Book SynopsisExamines three authors who have influenced the formation of racial identities in the United States: Henry James, William Faulkner, and Toni Morrison. Using their work, this title illuminates the significance that representational practice has had in the process of racial construction.
Trade Review“Exceptionally well written, theoretically informed, and astute. A convincing set of readings of American novels that illuminate the relation between visibility and racial identity in U. S. culture.”—Patrick O’Donnell, Michigan State University
“McKee’s intellectually original approach to discussing whiteness puts her book at the cutting edge of contemporary race studies. Her use of familiar novels to talk about race, identity, and complexities of visual culture is provocatively original.”—Robyn Wiegman, University of California, Irvine
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements; Introduction: Race and media Reproducing whiteness: The wings of the dove Collective whiteness in The golden bowl Self-division as racial divide: The sound and the fury Playing white men in Light in August Black spaces in Sula Off the record: Jazz and the production of black culture Afterword; Notes; Index
