The uses of variety : modern Americanism and the quest for national distinctiveness /

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"Carrie Tirado Bramen pursues the idea of variety through the works of a wide range of regional and cosmopolitan writers, journalists, theologians, and politicians who rewrote the narrative of American exceptionalism through a celebration of variety. Exploring cultural and institutional spheres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bramen, Carrie Tirado, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > History and criticism.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Minority authors > History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Multiculturalism in literature.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Difference (Philosophy) in literature.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Psychologie différentielle dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Roman américain > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Américains dans la littérature.
Multipartisme dans la littérature.
Multiculturalisme dans la littérature.
Relations interethniques dans la littérature.
Minorités dans la littérature.
Diversité culturelle dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Difference (Philosophy) in literature
American fiction
American fiction > Minority authors
Cultural pluralism in literature
Difference (Psychology) in literature
Ethnic relations in literature
Intellectual life
Literature and society
Minorities in literature
Multiculturalism in literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Plurale samenleving.
Sociale verandering.
Letterkunde.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Americanizing Variety
  • I. The Ideological Formation of Pluralism. 1. William James and the Modern Federal Republic. 2. Identity Culture and Cosmopolitanism
  • II. The Aesthetics of Diversity. 3. The Uneven Development of American Regionalism. 4. The Urban Picturesque and Americanization
  • III. Heterogeneous Unions. 5. Biracial Fictions and the Mendelist Allegory. 6. East Meets West at the World's Parliament of Religious. Afterword: In Defense of Partiality.

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