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Game theory and minorities in American literature /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wainwright, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Game theory.
Minorities > United States > Intellectual life.
Minorities in literature.
Canon (Literature)
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
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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"--
Physical Description:xx, 243 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137590558
1137590556