Title:
Redefining American identity : from Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama
Author:
Railton, Ben, 1977-
ISBN:
9780230112063
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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.
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