Games of Property : Law, Race, Gender, and Faulkner's Go Down, Moses
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
082233139X
ISBN-13
9780822331391
Publisher
Duke University Press
Imprint
Duke University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 7th, 2003
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
480 grams
Dimensions
14.90 x 23.50 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
United States of America, USALiterary studies: c 1900 to c 2000Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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Provides a set of readings of William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses - sometimes characterized as a novel, sometimes as a collection of stories-that offers a deep understanding of the interrelationship between the treatment of persons as property and the perception of laws, social forms, and rituals as games.
In Games of Property, distinguished critic Thadious M. Davis provides a dazzling new interpretation of William Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses. Davis argues that in its unrelenting attention to issues related to the ownership of land and people, Go Down, Moses ranks among Faulkner’s finest and most accomplished works. Bringing together law, social history, game theory, and feminist critiques, she shows that the book is unified by games-fox hunting, gambling with cards and dice, racing-and, like the law, games are rule-dependent forms of social control and commentary. She illuminates the dual focus in Go Down, Moses on property and ownership on the one hand and on masculine sport and social ritual on the other. Games of Property is a masterful contribution to understandings of Faulkner’s fiction and the power and scope of property law.
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