{"product_id":"rewriting-white-todd-vogel-9780813534329","title":"ReWriting White: Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Nineteenth-Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat did it mean for people of color in nineteenth-century America to speak or write \"white\"? More specifically, how many and what kinds of meaning could such \"white\" writing carry? In \u003ci\u003eReWriting White\u003c\/i\u003e, Todd Vogel looks at how America has racialized language and aesthetic achievement. To make his point, he showcases the surprisingly complex interactions between four nineteenth-century writers of color and the \"standard white English\" they adapted for their own moral, political, and social ends. The African American, Native American, and Chinese American writers Vogel discusses delivered their messages in a manner that simultaneously demonstrated their command of the dominant discourse of their times-using styles and addressing forums considered above their station-and fashioned a subversive meaning in the very act of that demonstration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe close readings and meticulous archival research in \u003ci\u003eReWriting White\u003c\/i\u003e upend our conventional expectations, enrich our understanding of the dynamics of hegemony and cultural struggle, and contribute to the efforts of other cutting-edge contemporary scholars to chip away at the walls of racial segregation that have for too long defined and defaced the landscape of American literary and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Vogel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813534321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813534329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.02w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 1025","brand":"Todd Vogel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086909681919,"sku":"9780813534329","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abea286e-30a9-4625-87ed-1e95ce50a716.jpg?v=1769097269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rewriting-white-todd-vogel-9780813534329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}