Title Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (309 pages) 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 Summary 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 Notes English Print version record Subject American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism American literature -- Foreign authors -- History and criticism Ethnic groups in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Ethnology -- United States. American literature -- Foreign authors American literature -- Minority authors Ethnic groups in literature Ethnicity in literature Ethnology United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780198020721 0198020724 1280440171 9781280440175 1601296819 9781601296818

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