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Annotation. Nothing is "pure" in America, and, indeed, the rich ethnic mix that constitutes our society accounts for much of its amazing vitality. Werner Sollors's new book takes a wide-ranging look at the role of "ethnicity" in American literature and what that literature has said--and continues to say--about our diverse culture. Ethnic consciousness, he contends, is a constituent feature of modernism, not modernism's antithesis. Discussing works from every period of American history, Sollors focuses particularly on the tension between "descent" and "consent"--Between the concern for one's racial, ethnic, and familial heritage and the conflicting desire to choose one's own destiny, even if that choice goes against one's heritage. Some of the stories Sollors examines are retellings of the biblical Exodus--stories in which Americans of the most diverse origins have painted their own histories as an escape from bondage or a search for a new Canaan. Other stories are "American-made" tales of melting-pot romance, which may either triumph in intermarriage, accompanied by new world symphonies, or end with the lovers' death. Still other stories concern voyages of self-discovery in which the hero attempts to steer a perilous course between stubborn traditionalism and total assimilation. And then there are the generational sagas, in which, as if by magic, the third generation emerges as the fulfillment of their forebears' dream. Citing examples that range from the writings of Cotton Mather to Liquid Sky (a "post-punk" science fiction film directed by a Russian emigre), Sollors shows how the creators of American culture have generally been attracted to what is most new and modern. A provocative and original look at "ethnicity" in American literature & middot;Covers stories from all periods of our nation's history & middot;Relates ethnic literature to the principle of literary modernism & middot;"Grave and hilarious, tender and merciless ... The book performs a public service."-Quentin Anderson.
American literature --- History and criticism. --- AMERICAN LITERATURE --- AMERICAN CIVILIZATION --- MINORITIES --- INDIAN --- CIVILISATION --- ETATS-UNIS --- ETHNOLOGIE --- CULTURE --- SOCIETE --- HISTORY --- INDIANS
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What unites and what divides Americans as a nation? Who are we, and can we strike a balance between an emphasis on our divergent ethnic origins and what we have in common? Opening with a survey of American literature through the vantage point of ethnicity, Werner Sollors examines our evolving understanding of ourselves as an Anglo-American nation to a multicultural one and the key role writing has played in that process. Challenges of Diversity contains stories of American myths of arrival (pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, slave ships at Jamestown, steerage passengers at Ellis Island), the powerful rhetoric of egalitarian promise in the Declaration of Independence and the heterogeneous ends to which it has been put, and the recurring tropes of multiculturalism over time (e pluribus unum, melting pot, cultural pluralism). Sollors suggests that although the transformation of this settler country into a polyethnic and self-consciously multicultural nation may appear as a story of great progress toward the fulfillment of egalitarian ideals, deepening economic inequality actually exacerbates the divisions among Americans today.
HISTORY / United States / General. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. --- Immigrants in literature. --- Race in literature. --- Ethnicity in literature. --- Multiculturalism in literature. --- American literature --- National characteristics, American, in literature. --- History and criticism.
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Thematology --- Comparative literature --- Sociology of literature
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Iconography --- History of civilization --- writing [processes] --- iconography --- reading [activity] --- religious art --- cultuurgeschiedenis --- reading culture
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Was fasziniert uns an Kunstwerken, die Texte in ihre Bildwelt einbeziehen oder menschliche Figuren darstellen, die schreiben, lesen oder Schrift betrachten? Dieses populäre Motiv erscheint bereits auf ägyptischen Statuen, Trinkschalen aus Griechenland und Fresken aus Rom und ist in christlicher Kunst weit verbreitet. Dabei spielen Darstellungen der Verkündigungsszene mit einer biblisch nicht überlieferten buchlesenden Maria eine besondere Rolle. Von Fragen zum Verhältnis von Schrift und bildender Kunst ausgehend betrachtet Werner Sollors in seinem bebilderten Essay viele Kunstwerke genauer und kommt dabei zu überraschenden Ergebnissen. »Gute Impulse für die eigene nächste Begegnung mit Schrift in Gemälden.« Cornelia Grobner, Die Presse, 21.11.2020 Besprochen in: https://austria-forum.org, 07.10.2020, Helga Maria Wolf www.scienzz.de, 14.10.2020, Josef Tutsch Zett, 12 (2020)
Bildende Kunst; Schreiben; Lesen; Schrift; Porträt; Mise En Abyme; Motivstudie; Maria; Kunstwerk; Verkündigung; Christliche Kunst; Literatur; Kunst; Kulturgeschichte; Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft; Kunstgeschichte; Kulturwissenschaft; Literaturwissenschaft; Fine Arts; Writing; Reading; Portrait; Motive Study; Artwork; Proclamation; Christian Art; Literature; Art; Cultural History; Literary Studies; Art History; Cultural Studies; --- Art History. --- Art. --- Artwork. --- Christian Art. --- Cultural History. --- Cultural Studies. --- Literary Studies. --- Literature. --- Maria. --- Mise En Abyme. --- Motive Study. --- Portrait. --- Proclamation. --- Reading. --- Writing.
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Ethnic groups --- Ethnicity --- Ethnic relations
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