02881nam 2200685 a 450 991045212410332120200520144314.00-8131-3835-31-283-23271-597866132327170-8131-7153-9(CKB)1000000000467668(EBL)792210(OCoLC)77011157(SSID)ssj0000136226(PQKBManifestationID)11150270(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136226(PQKBWorkID)10064524(PQKB)10360002(MiAaPQ)EBC792210(OCoLC)607825441(MdBmJHUP)muse13804(Au-PeEL)EBL792210(CaPaEBR)ebr10495312(CaONFJC)MIL323271(EXLCZ)99100000000046766820060418d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeforming American political thought[electronic resource] ethnicity, facticity, and genre /Michael J. ShapiroLexington University Press of Kentuckyc20061 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-2412-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-232) and index.Securing the American ethnoscape -- The micropolitics of crime -- Deforming America's western imaginary -- Constructing America -- Composing America -- Democracy's risky businesses.By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a powerful polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro demonstrates how history, architecture, film, music, literature, and art are valuable resources that help us comprehend several viewpoints of American political thought from the founding to the present. ExplorinPolitical scienceUnited StatesHistoryEthnicityUnited StatesEthnocentrismUnited StatesPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistoryArtsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Political scienceHistory.EthnicityEthnocentrismPolitical cultureHistory.ArtsPolitical aspects320.0973Shapiro Michael J55415MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452124103321Deforming American political thought2445057UNINA