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Playing the races : ethnic caricature and American literary realism / Henry B. Wonham.

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Why did so many of the writers who aligned themselves with the social and aesthetic aims of late 19th-century American literary realism rely on stock conventions of ethnic caricature in their treatment of immigrant African-American figures?

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Main Author: Wonham, Henry B., 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Caricatures and cartoons > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Realism in literature.
American fiction.
Caricatures and cartoons.
Ethnic relations.
Race relations.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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