A forgetful nation: on immigration and cultural identity in the United States

Introduction : nation and immigration -- Imagining America : forgetful fathers and the founding myths of the nation -- Historicizing America : Tocqueville and the ideology of exceptionalism -- Immigrant America : liberal discourse of immigration and the ritual of self-renewal -- Discourses of exclus...

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1. Verfasser: Behdad, Ali 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham, N.C. Duke University Press 2005
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : nation and immigration -- Imagining America : forgetful fathers and the founding myths of the nation -- Historicizing America : Tocqueville and the ideology of exceptionalism -- Immigrant America : liberal discourse of immigration and the ritual of self-renewal -- Discourses of exclusion : nativism and the imagining of a "white nation" -- Practices of exclusion : national borders and the disciplining of aliens -- Conclusion : remembering 9/11
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-203) and index
Beschreibung:xvii, 212 p ill 25 cm
ISBN:9780822387039
0822387034

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