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Lost in the USA : American identity from the Promise Keepers to the Million Mom March / Deborah Gray White

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2017

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Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed

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Print version: White, Deborah G. (Deborah Gray), 1949- : Lost in the USA. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2017

978-0-252-09940-3 ; 0-252-09940-0

978-0-252-04090-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-252-09940-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-252-09940-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

2016045840

OCoLC: 1039147756 (aus SWB)     

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HM753

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Remembered as an era of peace and prosperity, turn-of-the-millennium America was also a time of mass protest. But the political demands of the marchers seemed secondary to an urgent desire for renewal and restoration felt by people from all walks of life. Drawing on thousands of personal testimonies, Deborah Gray White explores how Americans sought better ways of living in, and dealing with, a rapidly changing world. From the Million Man, Million Woman, and Million Mom Marches to the Promise Keepers and LGBT protests, White reveals a people lost in their own country. Mass gatherings offered a chance to bond with like-minded others against a relentless tide of loneliness and isolation. By participating, individuals opened a door to self-discovery that energized their quests for order, autonomy, personal meaning, and fellowship in a society that seemed hostile to such deeper human needs. Moving forward in time, White also shows what marchers found out about themselves and those gathered around them. The result is an eye-opening reconsideration of a defining time in contemporary America. -- Provided by publisher