Race, Romance and Rebellion Literatures of the Americas in the Nineteenth Century |
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| Author:
| O'Brien, Colleen C. |
| Series title: | New World Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3489-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.50 |
Book Description:
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As in many literatures of the New World grappling with issues of slavery and freedom, stories of racial insurrection frequently coincided with stories of cross-racial romance in nineteenth-century US print culture. Colleen O'Brien explores how authors such as Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Livermore imagined the expansion of race and gender-based rights as a hemispheric affair, drawing together the US with Africa, Cuba, and other parts of the Caribbean.
As in many literatures of the New World grappling with issues of slavery and freedom, stories of racial insurrection frequently coincided with stories of cross-racial romance in nineteenth-century US print culture. Colleen O'Brien explores how authors such as Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Livermore imagined the expansion of race and gender-based rights as a hemispheric affair, drawing together the US with Africa, Cuba, and other parts of the Caribbean.