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Languages : en
Pages : 330
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A Series of Sketches of the Existing Localities Alluded to in the Waverly Novels
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Pages : 330
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The Invention of Ethnicity
Author: Werner Sollors
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195050479
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This important new collection of interdisciplinary essays sets out to chart the cultural construction of "ethnicity" as embodied in American ethnic literature. Looking at a diverse set of texts, the contributors place the subject in broad historical and dynamic contexts, focusing on the larger systems within which ethnic distinctions emerge and obtain recognition. It provides a new critical framework for understanding not only ethnic literature, but also the underlying psychological, historical, social, and cultural forces. Table of Contents: On the Fourth of July in Sitka, Ishmael Reed. Introduction: The Invention of Ethnicity, Werner Sollors. An American Writer, Richard Rodriguez. A Plea for Fictional Histories and Old-Time "Jewesses," Alide Cagidemetrio. Ethnicity as Festive Culture: Nineteenth-Century German-America on Parade, Kathleen Conzen. Defining the Race, 1890-1930, Judith Stein. Anzia Yezierska and the Making of an Ethnic American Self, Mary Dearborn. Deviant Girls and Dissatisfied Women: A Sociologist's Tale, Carla Cappeti. Ethnic Trilogies: A Genealogical and Generational Poetics, William Boelhower. Blood in the Market Place: The Business of Family in the Godfather Narratives, Thomas Ferraro. Comping for Count Basie, Albert Murray. Is Ethnicity Obsolete, Ishmael Reed, Andrew Hope, Shawn Wong, and Bob Callahan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195050479
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This important new collection of interdisciplinary essays sets out to chart the cultural construction of "ethnicity" as embodied in American ethnic literature. Looking at a diverse set of texts, the contributors place the subject in broad historical and dynamic contexts, focusing on the larger systems within which ethnic distinctions emerge and obtain recognition. It provides a new critical framework for understanding not only ethnic literature, but also the underlying psychological, historical, social, and cultural forces. Table of Contents: On the Fourth of July in Sitka, Ishmael Reed. Introduction: The Invention of Ethnicity, Werner Sollors. An American Writer, Richard Rodriguez. A Plea for Fictional Histories and Old-Time "Jewesses," Alide Cagidemetrio. Ethnicity as Festive Culture: Nineteenth-Century German-America on Parade, Kathleen Conzen. Defining the Race, 1890-1930, Judith Stein. Anzia Yezierska and the Making of an Ethnic American Self, Mary Dearborn. Deviant Girls and Dissatisfied Women: A Sociologist's Tale, Carla Cappeti. Ethnic Trilogies: A Genealogical and Generational Poetics, William Boelhower. Blood in the Market Place: The Business of Family in the Godfather Narratives, Thomas Ferraro. Comping for Count Basie, Albert Murray. Is Ethnicity Obsolete, Ishmael Reed, Andrew Hope, Shawn Wong, and Bob Callahan.
The Victorian Illustrated Book
Author: Richard Maxwell
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813920979
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
US scholars of literature explore how illustrated books became a cultural form of great importance in England and Scotland from the 1830s and 1840s to the end of the century. Some of them consider particular authors or editions, but others look at general themes such as illustrations of time, maps and metaphors, literal illustration, and city scenes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813920979
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
US scholars of literature explore how illustrated books became a cultural form of great importance in England and Scotland from the 1830s and 1840s to the end of the century. Some of them consider particular authors or editions, but others look at general themes such as illustrations of time, maps and metaphors, literal illustration, and city scenes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Widener Library Shelflist: English literature
Author: Harvard University. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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The Household Narrative of Current Events
Author: Charles Dickens
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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The New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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New York Mirror
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Pages : 440
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Dollar Magazine
Author: Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Scientific American
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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