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English

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2003

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Davis Thadious M. Davis

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2003

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Date de parution

07 juillet 2003

EAN13

9780822384458

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

In Games of Property, distinguished critic Thadious M. Davis provides a dazzling new interpretation of William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses. Davis argues that in its unrelenting attention to issues related to the ownership of land and people, Go Down, Moses ranks among Faulkner's finest and most accomplished works. Bringing together law, social history, game theory, and feminist critiques, she shows that the book is unified by games-fox hunting, gambling with cards and dice, racing-and, like the law, games are rule-dependent forms of social control and commentary. She illuminates the dual focus in Go Down, Moses on property and ownership on the one hand and on masculine sport and social ritual on the other. Games of Property is a masterful contribution to understandings of Faulkner's fiction and the power and scope of property law.

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Publié par

Duke University Press

Date de parution

07 juillet 2003

EAN13

9780822384458

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

      

G A M E S O F P RO P E R T Y

Law, Race, Gender, and Faulkner’sGo Down, Moses

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Duke University Press

Durham and London

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©  Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper  Typeset in Janson by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book.

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Illustrations

Acknowledgments

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Introduction: The Game of Genre

The Game of Challenge

The Object of Property

The Game of Boundaries

The Subject of Property

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Conclusion: The Game of Compensation

Notes

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Bibliography

Index

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Caroline Barr

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Early English map of the Mississippi River to New Orleans

Engraving used by antislavery societies

Mississippi at statehood in 

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Percentage of slaves by county in Mississippi in 

Chickasaw lands

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Chickasaw and Choctaw cessions of land in Mississippi

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 map of Mississippi before cessions of Chickasaw and

Choctaw lands

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s advertisements for runaways

Sketch showing persons as property

 advertisement for a group sale

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Faulkner role-playing as ‘‘lord of the manor’’

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Rowan Oak. Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Mississippi

Faulkner and Andrew Price

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Andrew Price splitting wood outside his cabin

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Caroline Barr holding Faulkner’s niece, Dean Faulkner

Caroline Barr and Faulkner’s four-year-old daughter, Jill

Faulkner in  whenGo Down, Moseswas published

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