Beyond Ethnicity Paperback

Werner Sollors

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. Discussing works from every period of American history, Sollors focuses particularly on the tension between 'descent' and 'consent' - between the concern for one's racial, ethnic, and familial heritage and the conflicting desire to choose one's own destiny, even if such choices go against one's heritage.

0195051939

9780195051933

English

Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

5-May-07

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