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

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

I've been reading another Melville scholar's book, "The Most Important  
Fish in the Sea."  By H. Bruce Franklin.  A marvelous read and an  
important environmental book.  The fish -- the book is about a specie  
of fish -- is the Menhaden.

Gene Coyle

On Apr 8, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:

> 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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