Liminality in Gender, Race, and Nation in les Quarteronnes de la Nouvelle-Orléans by Sidonie de la Houssaye

This project examines themes of race, gender, and nation in a series of four novels by nineteenth-century Louisiana author Sidonie de la Houssaye. The series, called Les Quarteronnes de la Nouvelle-Orléans (The Quadroons of New Orleans), is based on the system of plaçage. Plaçage, a system of concub...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Christine Koch
Other Authors: Jack Yeager
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2006
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04072006-091838/