The Romance of Race: Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930
In the United States miscegenation is not merely a subject of literature and popular culture. It is in many ways the foundation of contemporary imaginary community. The Romance of Race examines the role of minority women writers and reformers in the creation of our modern American multiculturalism....
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Zusammenfassung: | In the United States miscegenation is not merely a subject of literature and popular culture. It is in many ways the foundation of contemporary imaginary community. The Romance of Race examines the role of minority women writers and reformers in the creation of our modern American multiculturalism. The national identity of the United States was transformed between 1880 and 1930 due to mass immigration, imperial expansion, the rise of Jim Crow, and the beginning of the suffrage movement. A generation of women writers and reformers-particularly women of color-contributed to these debates by imagining new national narratives that put minorities at the center of American identity. Jane Addams, Pauline Hopkins, Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), María Cristina Mena, and Mourning Dove (Christine Quintasket) embraced the images of the United States-and increasingly the world-as an interracial nuclear family. They also reframed public debates through narratives depicting interracial encounters as longstanding, unacknowledged liaisons between white men and racialized women that produced an incestuous, mixed-race nation. By mobilizing the sexual taboos of incest and miscegenation, these women writers created political allegories of kinship and community. Through their criticisms of the nation's history of exploitation and colonization, they also imagined a more inclusive future. As Jolie A. Sheffer identifies the contemporary template for American multiculturalism in the works of turn-of-the century minority writers, she uncovers a much more radical history than has previously been considered |
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spelling | Sheffer, Jolie A. aut The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 Jolie A. Sheffer New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press [2013] © 2013 1 online resource 6 illustrations txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier The American Literatures Initiative Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019) In the United States miscegenation is not merely a subject of literature and popular culture. It is in many ways the foundation of contemporary imaginary community. The Romance of Race examines the role of minority women writers and reformers in the creation of our modern American multiculturalism. The national identity of the United States was transformed between 1880 and 1930 due to mass immigration, imperial expansion, the rise of Jim Crow, and the beginning of the suffrage movement. A generation of women writers and reformers-particularly women of color-contributed to these debates by imagining new national narratives that put minorities at the center of American identity. Jane Addams, Pauline Hopkins, Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), María Cristina Mena, and Mourning Dove (Christine Quintasket) embraced the images of the United States-and increasingly the world-as an interracial nuclear family. They also reframed public debates through narratives depicting interracial encounters as longstanding, unacknowledged liaisons between white men and racialized women that produced an incestuous, mixed-race nation. By mobilizing the sexual taboos of incest and miscegenation, these women writers created political allegories of kinship and community. Through their criticisms of the nation's history of exploitation and colonization, they also imagined a more inclusive future. As Jolie A. Sheffer identifies the contemporary template for American multiculturalism in the works of turn-of-the century minority writers, she uncovers a much more radical history than has previously been considered In English Rasse / Motiv gnd Inzest / Motiv gnd Literatur gnd Kulturkontakt / Motiv gnd Interethnische Herkunft / Motiv gnd Multikulturelle Gesellschaft / Motiv gnd LITERARY CRITICISM / General bisacsh American literature Minority authors History and criticism American literature Women authors History and criticism Ethnic groups in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Minorities United States Intellectual life Multiculturalism in literature Kulturkontakt Motiv (DE-588)4315384-7 gnd rswk-swf Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Motiv (DE-588)4619007-7 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Rasse Motiv (DE-588)4254018-5 gnd rswk-swf Interethnische Herkunft Motiv (DE-588)4319958-6 gnd rswk-swf Inzest Motiv (DE-588)4146086-8 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Rasse Motiv (DE-588)4254018-5 s Kulturkontakt Motiv (DE-588)4315384-7 s Interethnische Herkunft Motiv (DE-588)4319958-6 s Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Motiv (DE-588)4619007-7 s Inzest Motiv (DE-588)4146086-8 s 1\p DE-604 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813554648 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Sheffer, Jolie A. The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 Rasse / Motiv gnd Inzest / Motiv gnd Literatur gnd Kulturkontakt / Motiv gnd Interethnische Herkunft / Motiv gnd Multikulturelle Gesellschaft / Motiv gnd LITERARY CRITICISM / General bisacsh American literature Minority authors History and criticism American literature Women authors History and criticism Ethnic groups in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Minorities United States Intellectual life Multiculturalism in literature Kulturkontakt Motiv (DE-588)4315384-7 gnd Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Motiv (DE-588)4619007-7 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Rasse Motiv (DE-588)4254018-5 gnd Interethnische Herkunft Motiv (DE-588)4319958-6 gnd Inzest Motiv (DE-588)4146086-8 gnd |
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title | The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 |
title_auth | The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 |
title_exact_search | The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 |
title_full | The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 Jolie A. Sheffer |
title_fullStr | The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 Jolie A. Sheffer |
title_full_unstemmed | The Romance of Race Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 Jolie A. Sheffer |
title_short | The Romance of Race |
title_sort | the romance of race incest miscegenation and multiculturalism in the united states 1880 1930 |
title_sub | Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930 |
topic | Rasse / Motiv gnd Inzest / Motiv gnd Literatur gnd Kulturkontakt / Motiv gnd Interethnische Herkunft / Motiv gnd Multikulturelle Gesellschaft / Motiv gnd LITERARY CRITICISM / General bisacsh American literature Minority authors History and criticism American literature Women authors History and criticism Ethnic groups in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Minorities United States Intellectual life Multiculturalism in literature Kulturkontakt Motiv (DE-588)4315384-7 gnd Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Motiv (DE-588)4619007-7 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Rasse Motiv (DE-588)4254018-5 gnd Interethnische Herkunft Motiv (DE-588)4319958-6 gnd Inzest Motiv (DE-588)4146086-8 gnd |
topic_facet | Rasse / Motiv Inzest / Motiv Literatur Kulturkontakt / Motiv Interethnische Herkunft / Motiv Multikulturelle Gesellschaft / Motiv LITERARY CRITICISM / General American literature Minority authors History and criticism American literature Women authors History and criticism Ethnic groups in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Minorities United States Intellectual life Multiculturalism in literature Kulturkontakt Motiv Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Motiv Rasse Motiv Interethnische Herkunft Motiv Inzest Motiv USA |
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