Race-Course in A Courtship in "A Courtship" (Location)

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Race-Course
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Event
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Context (text, as interpreted)
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1263
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192
Description: 

The "race-course" on the Chickasaw plantation indicates how important horse racing is to the tribe - at least in Faulkner's representation of them (372). When the Indian boy "runs once around the race-track" (372), we learn that it is laid out as a circle or oval, like the kind of tracks built by white southern horse breeders and plantation owners. In the story it also serves as the site of an eating contest.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Sports Facility; Entertainment Site

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