"A stunningly conceived, lucidly written, well supported, nuanced, and absolutely compelling analysis of a culturally repressed and underanalyzed body of important literary materials. Stokes demonstrates with amplifying brilliance the operative interdependence of whiteness and normative heterosexuality."--Dana Nelson, author of "National Manhood: Capitalist Citizenship and the Imagined Fraternity of White Men
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"An engaging and well written exploration of nineteenth-century 'fictions' of white supremacy that manages to combine wit and erudition."--Gayle Wald, author of "Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in Twentieth Century U.S. Literature and Culture
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