1. Introduction; Part I. Violence and the unsightly: 2. Figures of violence; 3. Figuring others of value; 4. (Further) figures of violence; Part II. Reasonings and Reasonableness: 5. De-marking limits; Part III. Phonic and Scopic Economies: 6. Signs of others; 7. Signs of the visible.

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The book traces several interrelations between value and race, and offers relevant and fresh readings of two novels by Ann Petry.

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'What makes this volume valuable ... is its connection of the theory of race to the theory of value as well as an analysis of a broad range of cultural manifestations in which the interplay of race and value is demonstrated ... Lindon Barrett offers an extensive analysis of the phenomenon of value ... His complex inquiries covering a variety of seemingly disparate fields offer a revealing read to senior students and scholars engaged in the field of African American studies.' American Studies

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