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The fugitive's properties : law and the poetics of possession /

'The Fugitive's Properties' uncovers a poetics of intangible personified property emerging out of antebellum laws circulating through key 19th century works of literature, & informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrelsy & early race films.

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Main Author: Best, Stephen Michael.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896. > Uncle Tom's cabin.
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Law and literature > History > 19th century.
African Americans in literature.
Fugitive slaves in literature.
Property in literature.
Race in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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