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  1. Shadowing the white man's burden
    U.S. imperialism and the problem of the color line
    Published: c2010
    Publisher:  New York University Press, New York

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0814795986; 0814795994; 0814796192; 9780814795989; 9780814795996; 9780814796191
    Series: America and the long 19th century
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Rassendiscriminatie; Imperialisme; American fiction; Diplomatic relations; Imperialism in literature; Race in literature; Race relations; Racism in literature; Diplomatische Beziehungen; American fiction; American fiction; Race in literature; Racism in literature; Imperialism in literature; Rassismus <Motiv>; Literatur; Ethnische Beziehungen <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 280 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Introduction : writing race on the world's stage -- The burden of whiteness -- The white man's burden or the leopard's spots? Dixon's political conundrum -- The plain citizen of black orientalism : Frank R. Steward's Filipino-American war fiction -- Pauline Hopkins's "international policy" : cosmopolitan perspective at the Colored American magazine -- How the Irish became Japanese : Winnifred Eaton's transnational racial reconstructions -- American Indians, Asiatics, and Anglo-Saxons : Ranald MacDonald's Japan story of adventure

  2. Shadowing the white man's burden
    U.S. imperialism and the problem of the color line
    Published: c2010
    Publisher:  New York University Press, New York

    During the height of 19th century imperialism, Rudyard Kipling published his famous poem "The White Man's Burden." While some of his American readers argued that the poem served as justification for imperialist practices, others saw Kipling's... more

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    During the height of 19th century imperialism, Rudyard Kipling published his famous poem "The White Man's Burden." While some of his American readers argued that the poem served as justification for imperialist practices, others saw Kipling's satirical talents at work and read it as condemnation. Gretchen Murphy explores this tension embedded in the notion of the white man's burden to create a new historical frame for understanding race and literature in America. Shadowing the White Man's Burden maintains that literature symptomized and channeled anxiety about the racial components of the U.S

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0814795986; 0814795994; 9780814796191; 9780814795989; 9780814795996
    Series: America and the long 19th century
    Subjects: Race in literature; American fiction; American fiction; Imperialism in literature; Racism in literature
    Scope: Online-Ressource (viii, 280 p), ill
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

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    Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Writing Race on the World's Stage; PART I: Reading Kipling in America; 1 The Burden of Whiteness; 2 The White Man's Burden or the Leopard's Spots? Dixon's Political Conundrum; PART II: The Black Cosmopolite; 3 The Plain Citizen of Black Orientalism; 4 Pauline Hopkins's "International Policy": Cosmopolitan Perspective at the Colored American Magazine; PART III: Pacific Expansion and Transnational Fictions of Race; 5 How the Irish Became Japanese: Winnifred Eaton's Transnational Racial Reconstructions

    6 American Indians, Asiatics, and Anglo-Saxons: Ranald MacDonald's Japan Story of AdventureConclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author