| Description |
xx, 243 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN |
9781137590558 hardback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This pioneering study applies the theory of games of strategy (or game theory) to a selection of minoritarian texts from the American canon. Concentrating on rational decision making, the discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas, the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, as a means of interpreting works by Franklin, Douglass, Jacobs, Hurston, Faulkner, Morrison, and Hamid"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Library Class |
English XA153.M4
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| Subject |
American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Game theory.
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Minorities -- United States -- Intellectual life.
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Minorities in literature.
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Canon (Literature)
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