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Reader Response And The Interpretation Of "Hop-Frog," "How To Write A Blackwood Article," And "The Tell-Tale Heart", Brian Yothers
Reader Response And The Interpretation Of "Hop-Frog," "How To Write A Blackwood Article," And "The Tell-Tale Heart", Brian Yothers
Brian Yothers
This essay discusses ways in which reader response can enrich the teaching of Poe's short fiction.
Yick Wo Re-Revisited: Nonblack Nonwhites And Fourteenth Amendment History, Thomas W. Joo
Yick Wo Re-Revisited: Nonblack Nonwhites And Fourteenth Amendment History, Thomas W. Joo
Thomas W Joo
The 1886 Supreme Court case Yick Wo v. Hopkins is often viewed as a precursor of the racial civil rights era represented by Brown v. Board of Education. In fact, the case was primarily about economic rights. In a new article, Unexplainable on Grounds of Race: Doubts About Yick Wo, forthcoming in the Illinois Law Review, Professor Gabriel Chin argues that Yick Wo "is not a race case at all." I argue that it is a "race case" because the Court’s use of the Fourteenth Amendment to vindicate economic rights necessarily entangled economic rights with race--in an ultimately pernicious way. …
Race, Empire And Liberalism: Interpreting John Crawfurd’S History Of The Indian Archipelago, Gareth Knapman
Race, Empire And Liberalism: Interpreting John Crawfurd’S History Of The Indian Archipelago, Gareth Knapman
Gareth Knapman
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