Challenges of Diversity - Essays on America

What unites and what divides Americans as a nation? Opening with a survey of American literature through the vantage point of ethnicity, Werner Sollors examines the changing self-understanding of the United States from an Anglo-American to a multicultural country and the role writing has played in that process. 

Sommario

Introduction 3
1 Literature and Ethnicity 19
2 National Identity and Ethnic Diversity 67
3 Dedicated to a Proposition 95
4 A Critique of Pure Pluralism 121
5 The Multiculturalism Debate as Cultural Text 145
Notes 177
Acknowledgments 205
Index 207

Info autore

WERNER SOLLORS is a research professor of English at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a professor of global literature at New York University Abu Dhabi, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of several books including Beyond Ethnicity and Neither Black nor White yet Both.

Riassunto

What unites and what divides Americans as a nation? Who are Americans, and can they strike a balance between an emphasis on divergent ethnic origins and what they have in common? Opening with a survey of American literature through the vantage point of ethnicity, Werner Sollors examines Americans evolving understanding of themselves and the key role writing has played in that process.

Dettagli sul prodotto

Autori	Werner Sollors
Editore	Rutgers University Press
Lingue	Inglese
Formato	Tascabile
Pubblicazione	31.10.2017
EAN	9780813589329
ISBN	978-0-8135-8932-9
Pagine	192
Categoria	Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Werner Sollors
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780813589329
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-8932-9
• Pagine: 192
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese