{"product_id":"peculiar-whiteness-racial-anxiety-and-poor-whites-in-southern-literature-1900-1965-paperback-softback-9781496832542","title":"Peculiar Whiteness; Racial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern Literature, 1900-1965 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496832542","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePeculiar Whiteness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRacial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern Literature, 1900-1965\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJustin Mellette (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496832542\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.308 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeculiar Whiteness: Racial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e1900-1965\u003c\/i\u003e argues for deeper consideration of the complexities surrounding the disparate treatment of poor whites throughout southern literature and attests to how broad such experiences have been. While the history of prejudice against this group is not the same as the legacy of violence perpetrated against people of color in America, individuals regarded as \"\"white trash\"\" have suffered a dehumanizing process in the writings of various white authors. Poor white characters are frequently maligned as grotesque and anxiety inducing, especially when they are aligned in close proximity to blacks or to people with disabilities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus, as a symbol, much has been asked of poor whites, and various iterations of the label (e.g., \"\"white trash,\"\" tenant farmers, or even people with a little less money than average) have been subject to a broad spectrum of judgment, pity, compassion, fear, and anxiety. \u003ci\u003ePeculiar Whiteness \u003c\/i\u003eengages key issues in contemporary critical race studies, whiteness studies, and southern studies, both literary and historical. Through discussions of authors including Charles Chesnutt, Thomas Dixon, Sutton Griggs, Erskine Caldwell, Lillian Smith, William Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor, we see how whites in a position of power work to maintain their status, often by finding ways to recategorize and marginalize people who might not otherwise have seemed to fall under the auspices or boundaries of \"\"white trash.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600509038872,"sku":"9781496832542","price":25.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/peculiar-whiteness-racial-anxiety-and-poor-whites-in-southern-literature-1900-1965-paperback-softback-9781496832542","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}