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189 INDEX 1930s, 110 1960s, 17, 46–47, 110 1980s, 101 Abraham, 7–8, 18, 33n17, 43–45, 48, 62n10 abstraction, 60–61 abuse, 77, 97 Africa, 133, 149n10 African American literary tradition, 94–95, 98 African Americans. See black afterlife, 2, 14n4 Agamben, Giorgio, 169, 177 Alabama, 106 Alexandra, Aunt, 5, 182 alterity, 31 ambivalence, 167 Anderson, Benedict, 109 Anderson, James, 42 animals, 151–87; depictions of, 169; as disposable , 150n24; and grief, 160; and humans, 50, 151, 166, 179; killing of, 177; rabid, 143–44; as target, 158; value of, 178–79 appeal, 25 archetype, 4, 84 arraignment, 41–42 Atkinson, Miss Maudie, 3, 159, 182 Atticus, 2, 21; admiration of, 78; and ambivalence , 167; and appeal, 25; and Bob, 7, 20–24, 40–42; and Boo, 75–76, 86; and children, 7, 24–26, 28, 143; condescension of, 55; conflict of, 50–61; and courtroom blacks, 29–30, 121; and cross-examinations , 22; as elite, 142; and empathy, 153, 164; ethics of, 177; and Ewells, 54, 77, 121; and eyeglasses, 158; and faith, 59–60; and family defense, 42; as father, 6–7, 16–17, 22–24, 68–69, 76–78; and gender, 77, 88; and gun, 151, 177; and Helen Robinson, 174; as hero, 1, 4, 88; as icon, 8, 16; and Jem, 25–26, 42, 155; and Judge Taylor, 40–41; and jury, 25; and justice, 88; as knight of faith, 54; and law, 7, 21, 74, 88, 116; and loyalty, 8; and lynch mob scene, 113, 161–62; manhood of, 22, 24, 167; and Mayella, 55; model for, 150n22; and morality , 4, 13, 74; and neighbors, 61; as New South, 20; as nigger lover, 175; in novel, 88, 94; and physical courage, 73; privilege of, 57–58; and rabid dog, 96, 154–55, 166–67, 173; and racial justice, 4–5; and racial tolerance, 140; and racial treason, 153; and racism, 15n11; as role model, 39; and Scout, 76; scrutiny of, 167; and shooting , 155, 159; and signifying, 89; statue of, 105; and Tate, 72–76; and Tom, 57, 59, 145; truth telling of, 15n9; and violence, 169; white tolerance of, 141; as widower, 78, 84 Aunt Alexandra, 5, 182 authority, 19 Badiou, Alain, 9, 82–83 balcony, 28–30, 30 Baldwin, James, 92 Baraka, Amiri, 100–101 BBC Films, 132 bedroom scene, 183–84 Beloved, 91 Benjamin, Walter, 168 Bernstein, Elmer, 180 betrayal, 21–22 Bigger Thomas, 90–91 Bildungsroman, 138 binaries, 131 biopolitical governmentality, 137 black: actors, 93; balcony, 28–30, 30, 121; community, 139; consciousness, 130; men, 56; victimhood, 143 Bob, 3, 21; and Atticus, 7, 20–24, 174; as bad poor, 141; and children, 174; credibility of, 120; death of, 53, 73–75, 179; and dog, 173; as father, 68–69; humiliation of, 35n41; Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 190 Index Bob (continued) interrogation of, 181; and Jem, 23, 23–24, 52; and malice, 176; as monster, 141; portrayal of, 42; sacrifice of, 181; as stray dog, 176; threat of, 52 body, 87 Boo, 3, 123; and Atticus, 75–76, 86; background of, 140–41; and Bob’s death, 74; and children, 75–76, 85–86, 104, 122–23, 140; and community, 108; as dangerous, 168–69; and disability, 85, 87; father of, 140; as ghost, 183–84; gifts from, 108, 122, 139; gossip about, 76; as haunting figure, 84; heroism of, 3; innocence of, 125; as mother, 76; as protector, 34n32; queerness of, 86; and race, 11; as savior, 124; and Scout, 168; and Tate, 53; and violence, 13; as white, 141 boundaries: racial, 57; tribal, 60 boundary objects, 172–87 Britain, 128–50; American films in, 132; and class, 11, 131, 133; demographics of, 135–36; and identity, 148; immigration in, 131, 134–37; postwar, 129–30, 135–36; and race, 11, 135–37, 145–47; riots in, 128, 146; and TKAM (film), 11, 98, 140; and World War II, 132–33 Broken, 132 brutality, 167 Bruzzi, Stella, 22 Butler, Judith, 30, 36n46, 156, 159 Calpurnia, 2, 9, 37, 92, 182 camera work, 39, 106, 116–17 Capote,Truman, 71, 85 Catholic Legion of Decency, 54 causal chains, 152 characters: as archetypes, 84; description of, 2–3; isolation of, 65; male, 79; nonnormative , 9; women, 70 chiaroscuro sensibility, 5 Chicago, 100 children: and Atticus, 7, 24–26, 28, 143; and Bob, 174; and Boo, 75–76, 85–86, 104, 122–23, 140; and courtroom, 28–29; disobedience of, 24–28; innocence of, 138; mixed-race, 142...

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