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The Jim Dilemma : Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn
author
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Chadwick-Joshua, Jocelyn.
publisher
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University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin
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1578060613
print isbn13
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9781578060610
ebook isbn13
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9780585033006
language
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English
subject
Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Literature and society--United States--History--19th century, Authors and readers--United States--History--19th century, Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Characters--Fugitive slaves, Twain, Mark,--1835-191
publication date
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1998
lcc
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PS1305.C45 1998eb
ddc
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813/.4
subject
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Twain, Mark,--1835-1910.--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Literature and society--United States--History--19th century, Authors and readers--United States--History--19th century, Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Characters--Fugitive slaves, Twain, Mark,--1835-191
The Jim Dilemma
Page ii
And I shall like it, whether anybody else does or not. Mark Twain, on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The Jim Dilemma
Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn
Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua
University Press of Mississippi Jackson
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Copyright 1998 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
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The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chadwick-Joshua, Jocelyn. The Jim dilemma : reading race in Huckleberry Finn / Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57806-060-5 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 1-57806-061-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Twain, Mark. 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 2. Literature and societyUnited StatesHistory19th century. 3. Authors and readersUnited StatesHistory19th century. 4. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910CharactersFugitive slaves. 5. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910Political and social views. 6. Twain, Mark. 1835-1910CharactersAfro-Americans. 7. Satire, AmericanHistory and criticism. 8. Fugitive slaves in literature. 9. Race relations in literature. 10. Afro-Americans in literature. I. Title. PS1305.C45199898-25226 813'.4dc21CIP
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available
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For my familythe Chadwicks, the Banks, and the Browns whose legacy has always encouraged me to ask the hard questions and seek the truth
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
Chapter 1 Reading Race: A Dilemma
3
Chapter 2 You Can't Learn a Nigger to Argue: Verbal Battles
29
Chapter 3 In the Dark, Southern Fashion: Encounters with Society
61
Chapter 4 Whah Is de Glory? The (Un)Reconstructed South
115
Notes
137
Bibliography
145
Index
153
Page ix
Acknowledgments
Robert S. Durpree, Dean Bishop, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Jim Miller, David E. E. Sloane, David Bradley, Danielle Taylor-Guthrie, and John E. Grassie deserve more appreciation and admiration than I could ever give them for contributing to my writing this book. I must also express my sincere gratitude to each and every person at The Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford, CT. They encouraged me, asked pointed and pertinent questions, gave me access to vast research resources, including, most importantly, access to high school students and teachers around the country. I thank the hundreds of school districts, the thousands of students, and the hundreds of teachers whose ideas and questions helped to frame the premise of this book. I would also like to extend my appreciation to Mrs. Earsell Branch and Mrs. Shirley G. Huley of Vivian's Beauty Shop for their inexhaustible archive of
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