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This book considers the complexities of "being patriotic," and in so doing insists that the idea of patriotism, instead of being rejected or embraced, be accorded the complex identity it possesses.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface: Love, Hate, and the Nation-State I. On Narcissism and Exceptionalism Patriotism: Myths that Bind and Blind The Angels, and Devils, of History U.S. Exceptionalism: The City on the Hill French Exceptionalism: Grandeur and la Mission Civilisatrice Exceptionalism Light: God is Brazilian II. Variations on an Anti-American Theme Sibling Rivalries: Anti-Americanism in France L'Obsession: Anti-Americanism after 9/11 Imaginary Tribes: the Anglo-Saxons Brazil and the Collosus to the North The View from the South From Francophilia to Francophobia Anti-French Hysteria and the American Right Anti-Semitism, Misogny, and the NeoCons III. Discrepant Histories of Citizenship New Debates about Old Revolutions In the Name of God and the Republic Foundational Contradictions Citizenship in Brazil Constitutions and their Discontents The Crisis of American Freedom Disjunctive Democracy IV. Political Sense, Cultural Nonsense Return to Exceptionalism: Socialism in America The Protestant Ethic/Ethnic Misreading American Religion Anglo-Saxons: the Sequel Les Mains Salles, or Dirty Hands Submerged Narcissisms Anti-Americanism: Dumb and Smart Imrika Watani: An Arab-American Dirge for 9/11 V. Contemporary Politics and the Crisis of Democracy Pricks and Wimps The Fine Art of Lying Fear, Catharsis and the Daily Show Sodomy, Sadism, and the Christian Right Patriotic Blackmail The Pentagonization of Patriotism The Demise of Reciprocity The Illiberal Media The Wages of Exceptionalism VI. None Dare Call it Patriotism The Contradictions of the Right Wrestling with Patriotism Why The Superpatriots are Not Patriots Patriotic Fictions Patriotism and the Pursuit of Happiness Conclusion Notes Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Ella Shohat is Professor in the Departments of Art and Public Policy and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University. She is co-author, with Robert Stam, of
Unthinking Eurocentrism, also published by Routledge. Her other books include
Talking Visions: Multiculturalism ina Transnational Age, Israeli Cinema: East/West and thePolitics of Representation, and
Taboo Memories, Dasporic Voices.Robert Stam is University Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. He is co-author, with Ella Shohat, of
Unthinking Eurocentrism, and, with Robert Burgoyne and Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, of
New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics, both published by Routledge. His many other books include
Film Theory: AnIntroduction, A Companion to Film Theory, Film andTheory: An Anthology, and Tropical Multiculturalism: AComparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema andCulture.
Zusammenfassung
This book considers the complexities of "being patriotic," and in so doing insists that the idea of patriotism, instead of being rejected or embraced, be accorded the complex identity it possesses.
