B. Kumaravadivelu

American Identity

Myth and Reality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Recent events such as the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, have led many Americans wonderwho we actually are. This book examines the changing nature of American identity by drawing from national and global network of connections and synthesizing the professional, the political, and the personal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780761874522
• ISBN-10: 0761874526
• Artikelnr.: 70832293

Autorenporträt

By B. Kumaravadivelu

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Understanding the Complexity of Identity
Chapter 1: Identity Matters
Chapter 2: Global Realities and Local Identities
Chapter 3: Being and Becoming American
Part II: Exploring the Persistence of Myths
Chapter 4: Meltable or Unmeltable Ethnics?
Chapter 5: Multiculturalism or Multiple Monoculturalisms?
Part III: Transforming the Sense of Self
Chapter 6: Religious Identity: Faith and the Faithful
Chapter 7: Cultural Identity: Mores and Morals
Chapter 8: Linguistic Identity: Mother- and Other Tongues
Part IV: Realizing the Spirit of America
Chapter 9: How the Ruling Elites Distort American Identity, and the Common
People Reshape It
Chapter 10: Has the Real America Arrived Yet?
Bibliography
About the Author
Index