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The Resource The American counterfeit : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture, Mary McAleer Balkun, (electronic resource)
The American counterfeit : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture, Mary McAleer Balkun, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Fakery, authenticity, and identity in American literature and culture at the turn of the 20th century Focusing on texts written between 1880 and 1930, Mary McAleer Balkun explores the concept of the "counterfeit," both in terms of material goods and invented identities, and the ways that the acquisition of objects came to define individuals in American culture and literature. Counterfeiting is, in one sense, about the creation of something that appears authentic-an invented self, a museum display, a forged work of art. But the counterfeit can also be a means by which the authentic
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
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- The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930
- Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity
- "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth
- Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing
- A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby
- Isbn
- 9780817382575
- Label
- The American counterfeit : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture
- Title
- The American counterfeit
- Title remainder
- authenticity and identity in American literature and culture
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary McAleer Balkun
- Subject
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- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Self in literature
- Electronic books
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Impostors and imposture in literature
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature
- Passing (Identity) in literature
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Fakery, authenticity, and identity in American literature and culture at the turn of the 20th century Focusing on texts written between 1880 and 1930, Mary McAleer Balkun explores the concept of the "counterfeit," both in terms of material goods and invented identities, and the ways that the acquisition of objects came to define individuals in American culture and literature. Counterfeiting is, in one sense, about the creation of something that appears authentic-an invented self, a museum display, a forged work of art. But the counterfeit can also be a means by which the authentic
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- Balkun, Mary McAleer
- Dewey number
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- 810.9/353
- 810.90054
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PS228.C68
- LC item number
- B35 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature
- American literature
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Impostors and imposture in literature
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Passing (Identity) in literature
- Self in literature
- Label
- The American counterfeit : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture, Mary McAleer Balkun, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Contents
- The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930 -- Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity -- "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth -- Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing -- A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby
- Extent
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817382575
- Media category
- computer
- Media type code
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (CKB)1000000000774903
- (EBL)454505
- (OCoLC)424521930
- (SSID)ssj0000101990
- (PQKBManifestationID)11116684
- (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101990
- (PQKBWorkID)10048518
- (PQKB)11132789
- (MiAaPQ)EBC454505
- (MdBmJHUP)muse8684
- (EXLCZ)991000000000774903
- Label
- The American counterfeit : authenticity and identity in American literature and culture, Mary McAleer Balkun, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Contents
- The real, the self, and commodity culture, 1880-1930 -- Whitman's natural history : specimen days and the culture of authenticity -- "I couldn't see no profit in it" : discourses of commoditization and authenticity in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Connoisseurs and counterfeits : Edith Wharton's The house of mirth -- Dressing to kill : desire, race, and authenticity in Nella Larsen's Passing -- A world of wonders : collecting and the authentic self in The great Gatsby
- Extent
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817382575
- Media category
- computer
- Media type code
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (CKB)1000000000774903
- (EBL)454505
- (OCoLC)424521930
- (SSID)ssj0000101990
- (PQKBManifestationID)11116684
- (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101990
- (PQKBWorkID)10048518
- (PQKB)11132789
- (MiAaPQ)EBC454505
- (MdBmJHUP)muse8684
- (EXLCZ)991000000000774903
Subject
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting in literature
- Electronic books
- Identity (Psychology) in literature
- Impostors and imposture in literature
- Passing (Identity) in literature
- Self in literature
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