Cultural Orphans in America [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Pazicky Diana Loercher
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/35206945
• Soggetto topico: American literature -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- United States; Orphans in literature; American literature - History and criticism - United States; Literature and society; English; Languages & Literatures; American Literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Images 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 repr
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural Orphans in America
• ISBN: 1-283-03116-7; 9786613031167; 1-61703-093-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789864203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II