ISBN:
9781443850209
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1443850209
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (vii, 255 pages)
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illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rozalska, Aleksandra M Narrating American Gender and Ethnic Identities
DDC:
305.38896073
Keywords:
Gender identity in motion pictures Congresses
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Gender identity in literature Congresses
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Ethnicity in motion pictures Congresses
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Ethnicity in literature Congresses
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American literature Congresses
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History and criticism
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Motion pictures Congresses
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History
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United States
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Minorities Congresses
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United States
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Gender identity in literature Congresses
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Ethnicity in motion pictures Congresses
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Ethnicity in literature Congresses
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American literature Congresses History and criticism
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Motion pictures Congresses History
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Minorities Congresses
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Gender identity in motion pictures Congresses
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Ethnic identities
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Sexism
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Sexuality United States
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Literature: history & criticism
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Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
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American literature
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Ethnicity in literature
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Ethnicity in motion pictures
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Gender identity in literature
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Gender identity in motion pictures
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Minorities
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Motion pictures
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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United States
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Electronic books Conference proceedings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
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Konferenzschrift
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
" ... investigates two major issues within contemporary American Studies: cultural representations of various minorities (ethnic, religious, sexual) and of women in intersectional contexts of race, class, and sexuality. The first part of the volume, "Gender and Sexuality in Film and Literature", analyzes different film genres and literary accounts in reference to those aspects of gender and sexuality that are related to identity. Various cultural texts are discussed from perspectives deriving from feminist, gender, and LGBT studies, intersectionality theories, as well as film studies. The second part, "American Experiences of Ethnic Diversity", dwells upon ethnic and racial problems of American multicultural society and complex interrelationships between the dominant and the marginalized (the center and the periphery). It also focuses on the issue of one's "(un)fitting" into the dominant culture, mainstream politics, and canon. The book is mostly addressed to scholars and students of American Studies but will also be noteworthy to anybody interested in the United States, literature, and the media. Selected chapters of this volume can be used as a point of departure for discussions -- both scholarly and student -- on contemporary challenges to the idea of multiculturalism, the complex role of various intersections (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, religion, class, dis/ability, etc.) in shaping minority subjectivities, as well as feminist responses to and reading of dominant women's literary and filmic representations."--Provided by publisher
Note:
"Narrating American Gender and Ethnic Identities is the outcome of the annual international conference of the Polish Association for American Studies in 2010"--Page 1. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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