Necro citizenship : death, eroticism, and the public sphere in the nineteenth-century United States /

Necro citizenship : death, eroticism, and the public sphere in the nineteenth-century United States / Russ Castronovo.

Argues that the category of death was a central part of the concept of citizenship in the nineteenth-century U.S., and that the particular form of that construction functioned to naturalize white males as ideal citizens.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castronovo, Russ, 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:New Americanists.
Subjects:
Death > Political aspects > United States > History.
Citizenship > United States > History.
Democracy > United States > History.
Passivity (Psychology) > United States > History.
Apathy > United States > History.
Apathy > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Apathy
Citizenship
Death > Political aspects
Democracy
Passivity (Psychology)
Apathie
Tod
Politische Identität
Nationalbewusstsein
Mort > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Citoyenneté > États-Unis > Histoire.
Démocratie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Passivité (psychologie) > États-Unis > Histoire.
citoyenneté > culture > mort > Etats-Unis > 19e s.
identité culturelle > mort > société (milieu humain) > Etats-Unis > 19e s.
corps humain > mort > sexualité > Etats-Unis > 19e s.
United States
USA
History
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Description
Summary:Argues that the category of death was a central part of the concept of citizenship in the nineteenth-century U.S., and that the particular form of that construction functioned to naturalize white males as ideal citizens.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 351 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-336) and index.
ISBN:0822380145
9780822380146
1283061732
9781283061735
9786613061737
6613061735
Language Note:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Source of description: Print version record.
Action Note:digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve

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