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  1. Race
    Author: Niro, Brian
    Published: 2003
    Publisher:  Macmillan Education UK, London

    This dynamic study of the history of the idea of race traces the concept from its prehistory across 400 years to its current status. Brian Niro introduces key theorists and philosophers and a wide variety of literary and theoretical concepts, taking... more

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    This dynamic study of the history of the idea of race traces the concept from its prehistory across 400 years to its current status. Brian Niro introduces key theorists and philosophers and a wide variety of literary and theoretical concepts, taking the central view that the notion of race is a fluid concept that has altered consistently since its inception in Western ideology. Starting with Greek philosophy, Niro moves effortlessly through such diverse writers as Shakespeare, Voltaire, Kant, Mary Shelly, Darwin, Fanon and Achebe in order to explore the representation of race in its various guises. Many contemporary discussions of race are intricate and limited in their scope to current doctrine, but by using a series of close readings of often-studied texts, Niro helps to demonstrate key ideas and make complex theories understandable

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781403937780
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    Series: Transitions
    Subjects: Literature; Literature; Literature—Philosophy.
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (208 p)
  2. Race
    Author: Niro, Brian
    Published: 2003
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1403937788; 9781403937780
    Series: Transitions
    Subjects: American literature; Race in literature; English literature
    Scope: Online-Ressource (ix, 198 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-197) and index

    ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""General Editor�s Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 False Origins: The Greeks, Methodology, Etymology, and Shakespeare""; ""2 The Enlightenment and the Fabrication of Race""; ""3 Scientific Authority and Appropriation""; ""4 Modernity, Orientalism, Négritude, and the Phenomenology of Race""; ""5 America""; ""Annotated Bibliography""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""