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The House Behind the Cedars

The House Behind the Cedars

The House Behind the Cedars

Charles W. Chesnutt / Charles WChesnutt

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Editorial:
Standard Publications
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9781438523811
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Charles W. Chesnutt was an early pioneer is writing about African American folklore and racial identity. He wrote about lynchings, segregation and the hypocrisy of American values in post Civil War South. The House Behind the Cedars was published in 1900. Chestnutt explores the Southern obsession with race.

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