Xenocitizens : illiberal ontologies in nineteenth-century America

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Label

Xenocitizens : illiberal ontologies in nineteenth-century America

Title remainder

illiberal ontologies in nineteenth-century America

Statement of responsibility

Jason Berger

Title variation

Illiberal ontologies in nineteenth-century America

Creator

• Berger, Jason, 1976-

Subject

• Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Liberalism in literature
• American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Social change in literature
• Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Xenocitizens returns to the nineteenth century in order to uncover realities and possibilities that have been foreclosed by dominant liberal paradigms. Examining how antebellum crises pushed writers to formulate alternative ontological and social models for personhood and sociality, Xenocitizens glimpses startlingly unique and unfamiliar ways to exist and to leverage change"--

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography