The Dialectics of Our America by Jos Saldvar

The Dialectics of Our America by Jos Saldvar

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Entering the debate on American literary history, this study offers a perspective on what constitutes not only the canon of American literature, but also the notion of America itself. The author argues for a conception of American culture which is more responsive to trans-national ideologies.

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The Dialectics of Our America by Jos Saldvar

Entering the debate on American literary history, this study offers a perspective on what constitutes not only the canon of American literature, but also the notion of America itself. The author argues for a conception of American culture which is more responsive to trans-national ideologies.

José David Saldívar is Professor of Comparative Literature and Chair and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University. His books include Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studies, as well as The Dialectics of Our America: Genealogy, Cultural Critique, and Literary History and Criticism in the Borderlands: Studies in Chicano Literature, Culture, and Ideology (co-edited with Héctor Calderón), both also published by Duke University Press.

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ISBN 13 9780822311690
ISBN 10 0822311690
Titel The Dialectics of Our America
Autor José David Saldívar
Serie Post Contemporary Interventions
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Duke University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1991-10-31
Seitenanzahl 232
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