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q Contents ListofIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction:MakingtheCase forMiddlebrowCulture 1 1. EarlyLiteraryCulture 21 2. Brownness,SocialDesire,andthe EarlyNovel 50 3. GentrifyingDialect,ortheTaming ofMissLou 86 4. MiddlebrowSpectacleandthe PoliticsofBeauty 110 5. OrganicImports,orAuthenticating GlobalCulture 126 6. TransnationalCommunitiesandthe NewPopFiction 148 Notes 169 Bibliography 203 Index 217 ...