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American multiculturalism after 9/11 : transatlantic perspectives /

This provocative and rich volume charts the post-9/11 debates and practice of multiculturalism, pinpointing their political and cultural implications in the United States and Europe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rubin, Derek, 1954-, Verheul, J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.
Colección:American studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands). New debates in American studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul
  • Multicultural boundary crossings: Multiculturalism and immigration / Paul Lauter; Native-immigrant boundaries and ethnic and racial inequalities / Richard Alba; Coherence, difference, and citizenship: a genealogy of multiculturalism / Ed Jonker
  • Cultural reflections of the unthinkable: Indecent exposure : picturing the horror of 9/11 / Rob Kroes; "The dead are our redeemers": culture, belief, and United 93 / Phillip E. Wegner; Real American heroes: attacking multiculturalism through the discourse of heroic sacrifice / Michan Andrew Connor; "America under attack": unity and division after 9/11 / Mathilde Roza; "This Godless democracy": terrorism, multiculturalism, and American self-criticism in John Updike / John-Paul Colgan; Multiculturalism in American history textbooks before and after 9/11 / Rachel Hutchins-Viroux
  • Transatlantic dialogues: A kinder, gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the divergent multiculturalisms of the new West / Patrick Hyder Patterson; Slavery, memory, and citizenship in transatlantic perspective / Johanna C. Kardux; Are we all Americans? 9/11 and discourses of multiculturalism in the Netherlands / Jaap Kooijman; How could this have happened in Holland? American perspectives of Dutch multiculturalism after 9/11 / Jaap Verheul.