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1、Title:Desire'ssecondact:"race"andTheGreatGatsby'scynicalAmericanismAuthor(s):BenjaminSchreierSource:TwentiethCenturyLiterature.53.2(Summer2007):p153.FromLiteratureResourceCenter.DocumentType:CriticalessayBookmark:BookmarkthisDocumentIoncethoughtthattherewerenosecondactsinAmericanlives.--Fi

2、tzgerald,"MyLostCity"(31)FewbookshavesufferedAmericanism'spresumptionsmoreunremittinglythanhasTheGreatGatsby.Thishasagainbecomeapparentintherecentoutpouringofworkthatdrawsattentiontodynamicsofracializationinthenovel--tohowFitzgerald'sbookengagesdiscoursesthatrenderracialandethnicdifference

3、recognizable,includinghowcertaincharactersaremadetobeardistinguishingracialorethnicmarkers.Byhighlightingthenovel'sinterestinraceanditsroleinthedevelopmentofdiscoursesthatcontinuetoadministertherecognitionofraceandethnicityinAmerica,thisnewcriticism--mostappearinginthelast10yearsorso--purp

4、ortstorescueTheGreatGatsbyfromthesentimentalattractionsofauniversalized,imperialAmericanidentity.Likethescholarshipitclaimstochallenge,however,thisnewcriticismrevealstheenduringholdoftheAmericanistromanceanditsconfidencethatthenoveloffersastraightforwarddescriptionofsomethingcalled"America

5、"or"American"identity.Initsattentiontorepresentationsofraceddifferenceinthenovel,muchofthisnewwork--asrepresentedbysuchcriticsasMichaels,Goldsmith,Thompson,Washington,andNies--isenabledbyanassumptionthatpracticesandsignsalreadybearracialmeaning.Thisscholarshipthusoftenendsupreifyingavariet

6、yofpresumablycharacteristicracedAmericanidentitiesinplaceofapresumablycharacteristicunraced(ifsurreptitiouslywhite)one,reinforcingtheveryformationswhosegenealogyitpurportedlyseekstounearth.ThusthisessentiallystatistinquiryintoAmericanliteratureandculturepresumes,asitisadministeredby,thesel

7、f-evidenceof"American"historyandidentity.Foucault,weshouldremember,indictedjustsuchrightistthinkinginDisciplineandPunish,wherehewarnedagainst"writingahistoryofthepastintermsofthepresent"(31).InthisessayIshowhowTheGreatGatsbyresistspreciselytherecognizantexpect