東華大學圖書館 |

語系: 繁體中文

說明(常見問題)

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

登入

回首頁

切換: 標籤 | MARC模式 | ISBD

Crossing the color line: Race, gende...

Andrews, Karen Marie,

FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Crossing the color line: Race, gender, and miscegenation in Faulkner /

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Crossing the color line: Race, gender, and miscegenation in Faulkner // Karen Marie Andrews.
作者:	Andrews, Karen Marie,
面頁冊數:	1 electronic resource (274 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 56-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International56-10A.
標題:	American literature. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9513220
ISBN:	9798645421311

Crossing the color line: Race, gender, and miscegenation in Faulkner /
Andrews, Karen Marie,

Crossing the color line: Race, gender, and miscegenation in Faulkner /Karen Marie Andrews. - 1 electronic resource (274 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 56-10, Section: A.

This dissertation offers a rereading of William Faulkner's representations of miscegenation within the relevant social contexts and discourses encompassing his narratives. In order to avoid simplifying the relation of Faulkner's narratives to these contexts, which leads to reductive interpretations of Faulkner's multivocal texts as well as of complex historical processes, this study proposes a "culturalist" mode of analysis combining M. M. Bakhtin's theory of dialogical discourse with Antonio Gramsci's model of cultural hegemony and counterhegemonic resistances. My central argument is that, while William Faulkner is implicated in the white supremacist ideology of Jim Crow and the taboo against miscegenation, as his often ambivalent treatments of violations of "the color line" suggest, nevertheless, Faulkner's narratives initiate a critique of the South's patriarchal, segregationist hegemony. Part I of this study therefore reviews the pertinent socio-ideological contexts; specifically, Chapter One explores the historical processes, in both the ante- and postbellum South, whereby white male-black female miscegenation was "tolerated," within bounds, by the dominant race/caste, while black male-white female sexual relations became the ultimate taboo. Part II focuses on Faulkner's representations of the taboo against white women, which invariably involves the scapegoating of black--or allegedly "black"--men. Chapter Two argues that the Caspey Strother subplot in Flags in the Dust demonstrates how the hegemony functions to maintain the color line by circumscribing the behaviors of black men while obfuscating white men's violation of this boundary. Chapter Three examines white women's complicity with white patriarchy's "miscegenation complex" in "Dry September" and "Elly." Chapter Four explores the ways in which Joanna Burden and the white community capitalize on her putatively miscegenetic relationship with Joe Christmas in Light in August. Part III then examines Faulkner's representations of the sexual exploitation of black women in Absalom, Absalom! While Chapter Five focuses on the challenges to the discourse of racial difference in the "Clytie Sutpen narrative," Chapter Six explores the blurring of boundaries between "tolerated" and "taboo" miscegenation in the "Charles Bon narrative." In conclusion. Faulkner's narratives dramatically expose the contradictions of Southern discursive practice: the race- and gender-based double standard of miscegenation.

English

ISBN: 9798645421311Subjects--Topical Terms:

523234
American literature.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Faulkner, William

Crossing the color line: Race, gender, and miscegenation in Faulkner /
LDR:03833nmm a22004093i 4500 001 2439089
005 20260727141640.5
006 m o d
007 cr|nu||||||||
008 261011s1995 miu||||||m |||||||eng d
020 $a 9798645421311
035 $a (MiAaPQD)AAI9513220
035 $a AAI9513220
040 $a MiAaPQD $b eng $c MiAaPQD $e rda
100 1 $a Andrews, Karen Marie, $e author. $3 3830593
245 1 0 $a Crossing the color line: Race, gender, and miscegenation in Faulkner / $c Karen Marie Andrews.
264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, $c 1995
300 $a 1 electronic resource (274 pages)
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
500 $a Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 56-10, Section: A.
500 $a Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
500 $a Advisors: Martin, Wendy.
502 $b Ph.D. $c The Claremont Graduate University $d 1995.
520 $a This dissertation offers a rereading of William Faulkner's representations of miscegenation within the relevant social contexts and discourses encompassing his narratives. In order to avoid simplifying the relation of Faulkner's narratives to these contexts, which leads to reductive interpretations of Faulkner's multivocal texts as well as of complex historical processes, this study proposes a "culturalist" mode of analysis combining M. M. Bakhtin's theory of dialogical discourse with Antonio Gramsci's model of cultural hegemony and counterhegemonic resistances. My central argument is that, while William Faulkner is implicated in the white supremacist ideology of Jim Crow and the taboo against miscegenation, as his often ambivalent treatments of violations of "the color line" suggest, nevertheless, Faulkner's narratives initiate a critique of the South's patriarchal, segregationist hegemony. Part I of this study therefore reviews the pertinent socio-ideological contexts; specifically, Chapter One explores the historical processes, in both the ante- and postbellum South, whereby white male-black female miscegenation was "tolerated," within bounds, by the dominant race/caste, while black male-white female sexual relations became the ultimate taboo. Part II focuses on Faulkner's representations of the taboo against white women, which invariably involves the scapegoating of black--or allegedly "black"--men. Chapter Two argues that the Caspey Strother subplot in Flags in the Dust demonstrates how the hegemony functions to maintain the color line by circumscribing the behaviors of black men while obfuscating white men's violation of this boundary. Chapter Three examines white women's complicity with white patriarchy's "miscegenation complex" in "Dry September" and "Elly." Chapter Four explores the ways in which Joanna Burden and the white community capitalize on her putatively miscegenetic relationship with Joe Christmas in Light in August. Part III then examines Faulkner's representations of the sexual exploitation of black women in Absalom, Absalom! While Chapter Five focuses on the challenges to the discourse of racial difference in the "Clytie Sutpen narrative," Chapter Six explores the blurring of boundaries between "tolerated" and "taboo" miscegenation in the "Charles Bon narrative." In conclusion. Faulkner's narratives dramatically expose the contradictions of Southern discursive practice: the race- and gender-based double standard of miscegenation.
546 $a English
590 $a School code: 0047
650 4 $a American literature. $3 523234
650 4 $a American studies. $3 2122720
650 4 $a Womens studies. $3 2122688
653 $a Faulkner, William
653 $a William Faulkner
690 $a 0591
690 $a 0323
690 $a 0453
710 2 $a The Claremont Graduate University. $e degree granting institution. $3 3815608
720 1 $a Martin, Wendy $e degree supervisor.
773 0 $t Dissertations Abstracts International $g 56-10A.
790 $a 0047
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 1995
856 4 0 $u https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9513220