Disturbing Calculations The Economics of Identity in Postcolonial Southern Literature, 1912-2002 |
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| Author:
| Taylor, Melanie Benson |
| Series title: | New Southern Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-3112-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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Moments of mathematical reckoning pervade twentieth-century southern literature by authors including William Faulkner, Anita Loos, William Attaway, and Dorothy Allison, revealing a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity.
Moments of mathematical reckoning pervade twentieth-century southern literature by authors including William Faulkner, Anita Loos, William Attaway, and Dorothy Allison, revealing a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity.