For @lithub, my essay on Jane Austen & how whiteness structures the literature classroom & how we study canonical lit, the difficulties readers of color have with classics, & how we can read classics on our terms and with our pleasure in mind.https://lithub.com/recognizing-the-enduring-whiteness-of-jane-austen/ …
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Do they? That never occurred to me. I guess I could see how if they do an incredibly narrow reading of her work.
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Oh yeah. It’s been written about some, but not as much as it ought to be, because of the fraught nature of the Janeite economy (you don’t get asked to do lucrative Austen-nerd speaking gigs if you call folks out, and they have deep pockets)
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