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From ritual killings to subtle acts of self-denial, the practice and rhetoric of sacrifice has a special centrality in modern American literature. This book portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality.

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"The Science of Sacrifice is an extremely impressive exploration in intellectual and cultural history. . . . Susan Mizruchi works comfortably in the disciplines she excavates, and her insights are extremely illuminating and frequently brilliant."—Orlando Patterson, Harvard University

Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1Sacrificial Arts and Sciences25Ch. 2The Return to Sacrifice in Melville and Others89Ch. 3Rites of Passage in an "Awkward Age"189Ch. 4Du Bois's Gospel of Sacrifice269Afterword367Notes371Index427

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/05/1998
      ISBN13: 9780691015064, 978-0691015064
      ISBN10: 0691015066

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From ritual killings to subtle acts of self-denial, the practice and rhetoric of sacrifice has a special centrality in modern American literature. This book portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality.

      Trade Review
      "The Science of Sacrifice is an extremely impressive exploration in intellectual and cultural history. . . . Susan Mizruchi works comfortably in the disciplines she excavates, and her insights are extremely illuminating and frequently brilliant."—Orlando Patterson, Harvard University

      Table of Contents
      AcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1Sacrificial Arts and Sciences25Ch. 2The Return to Sacrifice in Melville and Others89Ch. 3Rites of Passage in an "Awkward Age"189Ch. 4Du Bois's Gospel of Sacrifice269Afterword367Notes371Index427

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