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ERIC Number: EJ519579
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
The Nigger Huck: Race, Identity, and the Teaching of "Huckleberry Finn."
Alberti, John
College English, v57 n8 p919-37 Dec 1995
Looks at the use of the term "nigger" in "Huckleberry Finn" as central to the text. Regards the novel as a kind of meditation on the word "nigger" and as an attempt by Twain to explore the construction and maintenance of racial identity. Examines the present historical and pedagogical moment as part of the reception history of the novel. (TB)
Descriptors: American Studies, Blacks, Educational History, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Race, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Racial Relations, United States History, United States Literature
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Huckleberry Finn