Invention of Ethnicity

Zusatztext Sollors reminds us that the value of any social construction depends on how it is used, and these essays present cogent analyses of how our use of 'ethnicity' has evolved over the years....Deserves a reading by anyone who is involved in the creation, criticism and dissemination of American culture. Klappentext This important new collection of interdisciplinary essays charts the cultural construction of 'ethnicity' as embodied in American ethnic literature. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Werner Sollors
• Assisted by: Werner Sollors (Editor), Sollors Werner (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.1991
• EAN: 9780195050479
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505047-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Ethnic Studies, Amerikanisches Englisch, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, American English, Literary studies: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity