Breeding and Eugenics in the American Literary Imagination - (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine) by Ewa Barbara Luczak
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- A disturbing but ultimately discredited strain in American thought, eugenics was a crucial ideological force in the early twentieth century.
- About the Author: Ewa Barbara Luczak is Associate Professor of American Literature at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.
- 275 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
- Series Name: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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A disturbing but ultimately discredited strain in American thought, eugenics was a crucial ideological force in the early twentieth century. Luczak investigates the work of writers like Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to consider the impact of eugenic racial discourse on American literary production from 1900-1940.Review Quotes
About the Author
Ewa Barbara Luczak is Associate Professor of American Literature at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. She is the author of How Their Living Outside America Affected Five African American Authors: Toward a Theory of Expatriate Literature.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 275
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: American
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: African American
Format: Hardcover
Author: Ewa Barbara Luczak
Language: English
Street Date: September 22, 2015
TCIN: 1005549610
UPC: 9781137545787
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-3186
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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