Ruthless Democracy
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-00730-4 (ISBN)
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In Ruthless Democracy, Timothy Powell reimagines the canonical origins of "American" identity by juxtaposing authors such as Hawthorne, Melville, and Thoreau with Native American, African American, and women authors. Taking his title from Melville, Powell identifies an unresolvable conflict between America's multicultural history and its violent will to monoculturalism. Powell challenges existing perceptions of the American Renaissance--the period at the heart of the American canon and its evolutions--by expanding the parameters of American identity. Drawing on the critical traditions of cultural studies and new historicism, Powell invents a new critical paradigm called "historical multiculturalism." Moving beyond the polarizing rhetoric of the culture wars, Powell grounds his multicultural conception of American identity in careful historical analysis. Ruthless Democracy extends the cultural and geographical boundaries of the American Renaissance beyond the northeast to Indian Territory, Alta California, and the transnational sphere that Powell calls the American Diaspora.
Arguing for the inclusion of new works, Powell envisions the canon of the American Renaissance as a fluid dialogue of disparate cultural voices.
Timothy B. Powell is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Georgia. He is the editor of Beyond the Binary: Reconstructing Cultural Identity in a Multicultural Context.
Acknowledgements vii Historical Interlude 3 Introduction Theorizing Ruthless Democracy 5 PART I: BEYOND NEW ENGLAND 25 Historical Interlude 27 Chapter One Nathaniel Hawthorne: History Imagined "Fantastically Awry" 30 Historical Interlude 49 Chapter Two John Rollin Ridge: Extending the Borders of "America" from New England to Alta California 52 Historical Interlude 75 Chapter Three Henry David Thoreau: "The Only True America" 77 PART II: TOWARD A TRANSNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF "AMERICAN" IDENTITY 101 Historical Interlude 103 Chapter Four Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Question of the American Colonization Society 106 Historical Interlude 131 Chapter Five William Wells Brown: Mapping the American Diaspora 133 Historical Interlude 151 Chapter Six Herman Melville: Ruthless Democracy 153 Notes 177 Bibliography 207 Index 221
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.5.2000 |
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Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 312 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
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ISBN-10 | 0-691-00730-6 / 0691007306 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-00730-4 / 9780691007304 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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