03257nam 22007573u 450 991045970430332120210106230421.01-283-03116-797866130311671-61703-093-7(CKB)2670000000078545(EBL)680056(OCoLC)712016221(SSID)ssj0000535601(PQKBManifestationID)12202267(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535601(PQKBWorkID)10523771(PQKB)10362766(SSID)ssj0000133502(PQKBManifestationID)11144576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133502(PQKBWorkID)10046900(PQKB)11155494(MiAaPQ)EBC680056(EXLCZ)99267000000007854520130418d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrCultural Orphans in America[electronic resource]Jackson University Press of Mississippi20081 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60473-192-3 Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Puritans as Orphans; CHAPTER 2 The Puritans as Aggressors; CHAPTER 3 The Revolution; CHAPTER 4 Tales of Captivity and Adoption; CHAPTER 5 The Rise of the Republic; CHAPTER 6 Sentimental Strategies in ""Orphan Tales""; CHAPTER 7 The Negro as Ultimate Orphan; Notes; Bibliography; IndexImages of orphanhood have pervaded American fiction since the colonial period. Common in British literature, the orphan figure in American texts serves a unique cultural purpose, representing marginalized racial, ethnic, and religious groups that have been scapegoated by the dominant culture. Among these groups are the Native Americans, the African Americans, immigrants, and Catholics. In keeping with their ideological function, images of orphanhood occur within the context of family metaphors in which children represent those who belong to the family, or the dominant culture, and orphans reprAmerican literature -- History and criticismLiterature and society -- United StatesOrphans in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticismUnited StatesLiterature and societyOrphans in literatureEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCAmerican LiteratureHILCCElectronic books.American literature -- History and criticism.Literature and society -- United States.Orphans in literature.American literatureHistory and criticismLiterature and societyOrphans in literatureEnglishLanguages & LiteraturesAmerican Literature810.9/35206945Pazicky Diana Loercher943153AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910459704303321Cultural Orphans in America2128384UNINA