Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture.

Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture.

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This book looks at the role of 'ethnicity' in American literature and what that literature has said - and continues to say - about the diverse American culture.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sollors, Werner
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:	American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism. American literature > Foreign authors > History and criticism. Ethnic groups in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Ethnology > United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	CONNECT

Table of Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Beyond Ethnicity; 2. Typology and Ethnogenesis; 3. Melting Pots; 4. Romantic Love, Arranged Marriage, and Indian Melancholy; Interlude: From Indian to Urban; 5. Some Tales of Consent and Descent; 6. The Ethics of Wholesome Provincialism; 7. First Generation, Second Generation, Third Generation ... : The Cultural Construction of Descent; 8. Ethnicity and Literary Form; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.