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UNINA9910825620203321 |
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Titolo |
The invention of ethnicity / / edited by Werner Sollors |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772469-8 |
0-19-802149-6 |
1-280-44007-4 |
1-60129-666-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - Minority authors - History and criticism |
Ethnicity in literature |
Ethnic groups in literature |
Minorities in literature |
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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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Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- On the Fourth of July in Sitka -- Introduction: The Invention of Ethnicity -- An American Writer -- A Plea for Fictional Histories and Old-Time "Jewesses -- Ethnicity as Festive Culture: Nineteenth-Century German America on Parade -- Defining the Race 1890-1930 -- Anzia Yezierska and the Making of an Ethnic American Self -- Deviant Girls and Dissatisfied Women: A Sociologist's Tale -- Ethnic Trilogies: A Genealogical and Generational Poetics -- Blood in the Marketplace: The Business of Family in the Godfather Narratives -- Comping for Count Basie -- Is Ethnicity Obsolete? -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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These essays chart the cultural constraints of `ethnicity' in American history and culture. Sollors' introductory essay sets the framework for the discussion of ethnicity and the individual essays cover a wide range of topics: Native American, Latin-American, historical Jewish, nineteenth-century American German, American Jewish, Italian, and Afro-American. |
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