LEADER 04235nam 2200769 450 001 9910825131003321 005 20230124201942.0 010 $a0-8135-8934-7 010 $a0-8135-8935-5 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813589350 035 $a(CKB)4340000000262625 035 $a(OCoLC)1000298049 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse61490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5334094 035 $a(DE-B1597)526061 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813589350 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5334094 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11536611 035 $a(OCoLC)1030818231 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000262625 100 $a20180428d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChallenges of diversity $eessays on America /$fWerner Sollors 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource 311 0 $a0-8135-8933-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tChallenges of Diversity --$tIntroduction --$t1. Literature and Ethnicity --$t2. National Identity and Ethnic Diversity --$t3. Dedicated to a Proposition --$t4. A Critique of Pure Pluralism --$t5. The Multiculturalism Debate as Cultural Text --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aWhat unites and what divides Americans as a nation? Who are we, and can we strike a balance between an emphasis on our divergent ethnic origins and what we have in common? Opening with a survey of American literature through the vantage point of ethnicity, Werner Sollors examines our evolving understanding of ourselves as an Anglo-American nation to a multicultural one and the key role writing has played in that process. Challenges of Diversity contains stories of American myths of arrival (pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, slave ships at Jamestown, steerage passengers at Ellis Island), the powerful rhetoric of egalitarian promise in the Declaration of Independence and the heterogeneous ends to which it has been put, and the recurring tropes of multiculturalism over time (e pluribus unum, melting pot, cultural pluralism). Sollors suggests that although the transformation of this settler country into a polyethnic and self-consciously multicultural nation may appear as a story of great progress toward the fulfillment of egalitarian ideals, deepening economic inequality actually exacerbates the divisions among Americans today. 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMulticulturalism in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aImmigrants in literature 606 $aHISTORY / United States / General$2bisacsh 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American$2bisacsh 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General$2bisacsh 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations$2bisacsh 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies$2bisacsh 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General$2bisacsh 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMulticulturalism in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aImmigrants in literature. 615 7$aHISTORY / United States / General. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. 676 $a810.9/358 686 $aLIT004020$aLIT004040$aSOC008000$aSOC001000$aSOC031000$aHIS036000$2bisacsh 700 $aSollors$b Werner$0542765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825131003321 996 $aChallenges of diversity$94089445 997 $aUNINA