The science of sacrifice
American literature and modern social theory
by Susan L. Mizruchi
From ritual killings to subtle acts of self-denial, the practice and rhetoric of sacrifice has a special centrality in modern American literature. In a compelling interdisciplinary investigation, Susan Mizruchi portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality.
This is a book about the fascination that sacrifice held for writers - principally, Herman Melville, Henry James, and W. E. B. Du Bois - and also for those who articulated the main tenets of modern social theory, an inquiry that eventually spans historical events such as public lynchings and the political scapegoating of immigrants a century ago.
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Literature and anthropology, Sacrifice in literature, Literature and society, Self-sacrifice in literature, History and criticism, American literature, Rites and ceremonies in literature, Human sacrifice in literature, Realism in literature, Scapegoat in literature, Social problems in literature, American literature, history and criticismPlaces
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Science of Sacrifice: American Literature and Modern Social Theory
1998, Princeton University Press
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Science of Sacrifice: American Literature and Modern Social Theory
1998, Princeton University Press
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The science of sacrifice: American literature and modern social theory
1998, Princeton University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-426) and index.
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