Redefining American identity : from Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama
by
Railton, Ben, 1977-
Title
:
Redefining American identity : from Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama
Author
:
Railton, Ben, 1977-
ISBN
:
9780230112063
Personal Author
:
Railton, Ben, 1977-
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description
:
x, 187 p. ; 22 cm.
General Note
:
Formerly CIP.
Contents
:
Introduction : defining transformations -- Transformative explorations : Cabeza de Vaca changes his skin -- Unsettling transformations : Mary Rowlandson's removes -- Revolutionary transformations : Olaudah Equiano's fortunate vicissitudes -- Transformative expansions : Sarah Winnemucca's ideal interpretations -- Transformative mixtures : Gloria Anzalda's hybrid mosaic -- Conclusion : electing transformation.
Subject Term
:
Cultural fusion -- United States.
Cultural pluralism -- United States.
Multiculturalism -- United States.
National characteristics, American.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Race relations.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025541257 | 305.800973 R152R 2011 | 1 |