Comparative American Identities Race, Sex and Nationality in the Modern Text |
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| Editor:
| Spillers, Hortense J. |
| Series title: | Essays from the English Institute Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-90350-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1991 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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What constitutes the pervasive cultural assumptions known to us as "America?" Since the American hemisphere actually encompasses a variety of national identities, can it make sense to speak of a unified "American" identity? Can a place for marginalized identities be established within the cultural mainstream? ComparativeAmerican Identitiesmaps out a dynamic terrain of "New World" cultural identities, questions and problems. The essays attempt to locate "America" as a cultural and...
More DescriptionWhat constitutes the pervasive cultural assumptions known to us as "America?" Since the American hemisphere actually encompasses a variety of national identities, can it make sense to speak of a unified "American" identity? Can a place for marginalized identities be established within the cultural mainstream? ComparativeAmerican Identitiesmaps out a dynamic terrain of "New World" cultural identities, questions and problems. The essays attempt to locate "America" as a cultural and historical site of plurality and division, a discursive space of multiple differences which becomes, paradoxically, the ground for a new notion of American unity.