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In Ruthless Democracy, Timothy Powell reimagines the canonical origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. Taking his title from Melville, Powell identifies an unresolvable conflic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powell, Timothy B., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2000]
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Diversité culturelle dans la littérature.
Groupes ethniques dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Cultural pluralism in literature
Minorities in literature
Literature and society
Ethnicity in literature
Ethnic groups in literature
Democracy in literature
American literature > Minority authors
American literature
United States
Abolition.
Aesthetics.
American: colonization.
Anthropology.
Beaver, Harold.
Bercovitch, Sacvan.
Brown, Charles.
Calhoun, John C.
Capitalism.
Cherokee Phoenix.
Cherokee.
Colonization.
Cultural Studies.
Democracy.
Digger Indians.
Disability.
Doctrine of Discovery.
Domesticity.
Economy.
Feminism.
Forgetting.
Free Soil Movement.
Garrison, William Lloyd.
Gleiter, Karin.
Hermeneutics.
Hybridity.
Ideology.
Indian Removal Act.
Industrial Revolution.
Jarvis, Edward.
Jefferson, Thomas.
Know-Nothings.
Leslie, Joshua.
Lubiano, Wahneema.
Masculinity.
Mexican-American War.
Minstrelsy.
Miscegenation.
Monoculturalism.
Nationalism.
Nativism.
Naumkeag Indians.
Owens, Louis.
Philosophy.
Postnationalism.
Queerness.
Radical democracy.
Roberts, Joseph Jenkins.
Ruthless democracy.
Seneca Falls Convention.
Sentimental Imperialism.
Stowe, Calvin.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Sumario:In Ruthless Democracy, Timothy Powell reimagines the canonical origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. Taking his title from Melville, Powell identifies an unresolvable conflict between America's multicultural history and its violent will to monoculturalism. Powell challenges existing perceptions of the American Renaissance--the period at the heart of the American canon and its evolutions--by expanding the parameters of American identity. Drawing on the critical traditions of cultural studies and new historicism, Powell invents a new critical paradigm called "historical multiculturalism." Moving beyond the polarizing rhetoric of the culture wars, Powell grounds his multicultural conception of American identity in careful historical analysis. Ruthless Democracy extends the cultural and geographical boundaries of the American Renaissance beyond the northeast to Indian Territory, Alta California, and the transnational sphere that Powell calls the American Diaspora. Arguing for the inclusion of new works, Powell envisions the canon of the American Renaissance as a fluid dialogue of disparate cultural voices.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 227 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780691227771
0691227772

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