An edition of Disturbing calculations (2008)
Disturbing calculations
the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002
By Melanie R. Benson
Publish Date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Language
eng
Pages
263
Description:
In fiction by a large, diverse group of authors, including William Faulkner, Anita Loos, William Attaway, Dorothy Allison and Lan Cao, Benson identifies a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity.
subjects: American literature, Ego (Psychology) in literature, Fetishism in literature, History and criticism, Identity (Psychology) in literature, In literature, Narcissism in literature, Numbers in literature, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Value, Value, Value in literature, Ego (psychology), Southern states, in literature, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Places: Southern States
Times: 20th century