Ethnic Canon : Histories, Institutions, and Interventions

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Argues that texts are added to the canon only after an operation that attempts to resolve and neutralize historical and political contradictions and differences. The Ethnic Canon offers a wide variety of critical viewpoints and is unique in its pointed critique of the academy regarding specific auth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palumbo-Liu, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Minorities in literature
Literature, Modern
Ethnicity in literature
Ethnic groups in literature
Canon (Literature)
American literature > Minority authors
Chefs-d'oeuvre (Litterature)
Ethnicite dans la litterature.
Groupes ethniques dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs issus des minorites > Histoire et critique.
Litterature > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Minorities in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
America
Amerique > Litteratures.
America > Literatures.
Literatures.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Argues that texts are added to the canon only after an operation that attempts to resolve and neutralize historical and political contradictions and differences. The Ethnic Canon offers a wide variety of critical viewpoints and is unique in its pointed critique of the academy regarding specific authors and texts that have and have not been included in the canon.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780816686308

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