The invention of ethnicity / / edited by Werner Sollors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xx, 294 p
• Disciplina: 810/.9/920692
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Minority authors - History and criticism; Ethnicity in literature; Ethnic groups in literature; Minorities in literature
• Altri autori: SollorsWerner
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The invention of ethnicity
• ISBN: 0-19-772469-8; 0-19-802149-6; 1-280-44007-4; 1-60129-666-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825620203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.