The fugitive's properties law and the poetics of possession / [electronic resource] :
Stephen M. Best.
- University of Chicago Press, c2004.
- 1 online resource (xii, 362 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-351) and index.
INTRODUCTION: The Slave's Two Bodies -- Fugitive Property -- The Agency of Form -- Caveat Emptor: Fugitive Sound: Fungible Personhood, Evanescent Property -- Theft and Gift -- Copyright Law -- The Human Phonograph -- The Poetics of Property, 1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford -- Impersonation -- Pro Bono Publico: The Fugitive's Properties: Uncle Tom's Incalculable Dividend -- Fictions of Finance: Puttin' on Old Massa -- Pro Bono Publico -- Tom's par me la -- Castles in the Air -- The Social Covenant of Property -- Cuttin' of Figgers -- Sine Qua Non: Counterfactuals, Causation, and the Tenses of "Separate but Equal" -- In Plain Black and White -- Parallel Tracks -- What Happened in the Tunnel -- CONCLUSION: The Rules of the Game -- Sin and Risk -- Principle and History -- Procedure and Pragmatism.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century Slavery in literature. Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States. Law and literature--History--19th century. African Americans in literature. Fugitive slaves in literature. Property in literature. Race in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General. Rechtsstatus. Literatur. Sklave.