Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index
Theorizing the body as evidence -- A show of hands: establishing identity in Mark Twain's The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Fixing identity: reading skin, seeing race -- "Liberty's life stream": blood, race, and citizenship in World War II -- Reading the "book of life": DNA and the meanings of identity -- Epilogue: future bodies, present selves
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Technology and the logic of American racism.
Technology and the logic of American racism.
African Americans in literature
African Americans-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- History
Human body-- Social aspects-- United States-- History
Human body-- Symbolic aspects-- United States-- History
Race awareness in literature
Race awareness-- United States-- History
Racism-- United States-- History
Technology-- Social aspects-- United States-- History