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Autore |
Sollors Werner |
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Titolo |
Beyond Ethnicity [[electronic resource] ] : Consent and Descent in American Culture |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-44017-1 |
0-19-802072-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature |
Ethnic groups in literature |
Ethnicity in literature |
Ethnology |
American literature - History and criticism - Minority authors - United States |
American literature - Foreign authors - History and criticism |
American Literature |
English |
Languages & Literatures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. Beyond Ethnicity; 2. Typology and Ethnogenesis; 3. Melting Pots; 4. Romantic Love, Arranged Marriage, and Indian Melancholy; Interlude: From Indian to Urban; 5. Some Tales of Consent and Descent; 6. The Ethics of Wholesome Provincialism; 7. First Generation, Second Generation, Third Generation . . . : The Cultural Construction of Descent; 8. Ethnicity and Literary Form; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book looks at the role of 'ethnicity' in American literature and what that literature has said - and continues to say - about the diverse American culture. |
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