2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Historical Analysis of the Cultural Representations of Poor Whites
| Project/Area Number |
26370329
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Seikei University |
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Principal Investigator |
GONDA Kenji 成蹊大学, 文学部, 教授 (00407602)
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| Research Collaborator |
MURAYAMA Kiyohiko
HANADA Ai
YOSHIDA Kaname
WATANABE Mayumi
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | アメリカ文学 / 人種 / 階級 / 白人性 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study we analyzed the historical development of the representations of poor whites in American literature and culture. Poor whites have always been present in the United States from the colonial times to the present. They have played an important role in the formation of race relations by sometimes increasing the tensions and at other times alleviating them in race relations. Yet poor whites have never really been given a separate status. They have usually been defined not as an independent class that is “poor whites” but as someone that is simultaneously white and non-white. Because of such ambiguity, they have served to maintain race and class relations.
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| Free Research Field |
人文学
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