The "White Other" in American Intermarriage Stories, 1945-2008 / / by L. Cardon

• Autore: Cardon Lauren S
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2012.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 253 pages)
• Disciplina: 813.009/352909
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - History and criticism; White people in literature; Other (Philosophy) in literature; Interracial marriage in literature; Literature, Modern - 20th century; Literature - History and criticism; Culture - Study and teaching; North American Literature; Twentieth-Century Literature; Literary History; Cultural Studies
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Series Editors" Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Universalist -- 2. The White Witch -- 3. The Shiksa -- 4. The WASP -- 5. The Colonist and the Scout -- 6. The Amerikan -- Conclusion: The Visible White -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Fictional depictions of intermarriage can illuminate perceptions of both 'ethnicity' and 'whiteness' at any given historical moment. Popular examples such as Lucy and Ricky in I Love Lucy (1951-1957), Joanna and John in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Toula and Ian in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) helped raise questions about national identity: does 'American' mean 'white' or a blending of ethnicities? Building on previous studies by scholars of intermarriage and identity, this study is an ambitious endeavor to discern the ways in which literature and films from the 1960s through 2000s rework nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century intermarriage tropes. Unlike earlier stories, these narratives position the white partner as the 'other' and serve as useful frameworks for assessing ethnic and American identity. Lauren S. Cardon sheds new light on ethno-racial solidarity and the assimilation of different ethnicities into American dominant culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: The "White Other" in American Intermarriage Stories, 1945-2008
• ISBN: 9781349449545; 1349449547; 9781137295132; 1137295139; 9781283947404; 1283947404
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911159970203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Signs of Race, . 2945-6320