Eugenic Fantasies: Racial Ideology in the Literature and Popular Culture of the 1920's

by Betsy Lee Nies

Overview

Eugenic Fantasies is an innovative work that combines interpretive strategies from the fields of psychoanalysis, anthropology, and literary studies to create a new model for theorizing race.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415860994
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Series:	Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction Racial Identity and Subjective Loss; Chapter 1 Theoretical and Critical Contexts; Chapter 2 The Rise of Eugenics and the Quest for the Classical White Male Body; Chapter 3 Hemingway, Eugenic Terror, and the “Newest New Woman”; Chapter 4 Imaging the Statuesque; Chapter 5 Fitzgerald, Nordicism, and Racial Nostalgia; Chapter 6 Conclusion;