Race, theft, and ethics property matters in African American literature / [electronic resource] :
Lovalerie King.
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
- x, 187 p. : ill.
- Southern literary studies .
- Southern literary studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-182) and index.
Race, property, and ethics: the historical and legal equation -- The ethics of living slavery and Jim Crow -- Theft and love in two neo-freedom narratives: Toni Morrison's Beloved and Charles Johnson's Middle passage -- Miscegenation, disinheritance, and the ethics of passing -- In quest of the elusive American dream.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism. Property in literature. Theft in literature. African Americans in literature. Law in literature. Ethics in literature. Race discrimination in literature.