Slippery Characters by Laura Browder
This work examines the tradition of ethnic impersonators in the United States. It looks at works such as Welsh Baptist Elizabeth Stern's immigrant narrative I am a Woman - and a Jew, and uncovers their surprising influence on American notions of identity.-
Horrible Prettiness
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Modern Bodies
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Reading Football
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Early Downhome Blues
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Our Daily Bread
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Landscapes of the New West
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A Measure of Perfection
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Nature's State
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Panic!
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Making Something Happen
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American Photography and the American Dream
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The Genteel Tradition and the Sacred Rage
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America's Culture of Terrorism
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Beloved Community
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Pragmatism and the Political Economy of Cultural Evolution
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John Brown's Body
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Staging Depth
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Sensational Modernism
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Civic Myths
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Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture
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A Race of Singers
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The Real Thing
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Contested Culture
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American Alchemy
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Tender Violence
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Romancing the Folk
Laura Browder is professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is author, most recently, of Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America, and is writer and coproducer of the documentary film Gone to Texas: The Lives of Forrest Carter, based on her book Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities (both books UNC Press).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807848593 |
| ISBN 10 | 080784859X |
| Title | Slippery Characters |
| Author | Laura Browder |
| Series | Cultural Studies Of The United States |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 2000-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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