I've been reading another Melville scholar's book, "The Most Important
Fish in the Sea." By H. Bruce Franklin. A marvelous read and an
important environmental book. The fish -- the book is about a specie
of fish -- is the Menhaden.
Gene Coyle
On Apr 8, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
As a long-time enthusiastic but amateur Melville scholar, I was
intrigued by David Roediger’s reference to the short story “The
‘Gees” that appears in his newly published “How Race Survived U.S.
History”, a book that I will be reviewing. Roediger views this story
as a satire on mid-19th century ethnology, which for all intents and
purposes was nothing but scientific racism. He cites Carolyn
Karcher’s article “The ‘Gees: a Forgotten Satire on Scientific
Racism” that appeared in the October 1975 American Quarterly. Having
had a chance to read the Melville story and Karcher’s article, it
really broadens my understanding of mid-19th century racist ideology
and Melville’s exemplary struggle against it.
full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/herman-melvilles-the-gees/
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