[Pen-l] Herman Melville's "The 'Gees"

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a long-time enthusiastic but amateur Melville scholar, I was 
intrigued by David Roediger’s reference to the short story “The ‘Gees” 
that appears in his newly published “How Race Survived U.S. History”, a 
book that I will be reviewing. Roediger views this story as a satire on 
mid-19th century ethnology, which for all intents and purposes was 
nothing but scientific racism. He cites Carolyn Karcher’s article “The 
‘Gees: a Forgotten Satire on Scientific Racism” that appeared in the 
October 1975 American Quarterly. Having had a chance to read the 
Melville story and Karcher’s article, it really broadens my 
understanding of mid-19th century racist ideology and Melville’s 
exemplary struggle against it.

full: 
http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/herman-melvilles-the-gees/
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