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(Mis)Reading America
American Dreams, Fictions and Illusions
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Universitas
Oprawa: Miękka ze skrzydełkami
Opis
Since the initial arrival of Spanish, French and English explorers, North America has stirred controversies, discussions and conflicting interpretations. A source of fascination for explorers, settlers and those in the Old World, the continent has, not surprisingly, generated many myths, fictions and stereotypes. The United States of America, the first independent country established on the continent, in particular and virtually from its inception engendered various interpretations and misinterpretations, readings and misreadings, as expressed in scientific, scholarly and artistic endeavors. The United States meant different things to residents, who had to deal with the countrys sometimes painful realities, and to prospective immigrants, for whom America was primarily a noble idea or a dream. Even today, extreme variations in perspective predominate: America and Americans are portrayed from radically different and often mutually exclusive viewpoints. The present volume offers essays which detail the various ways in which the United States, its people, its history and its culture have been depicted, understood and misunderstood throughout centuries. The authors explore this vast subject with reference to literature, film, music, painting and politics. They write about the past, the present and the potential future using different methodologies which reflect the polyvocal nature of their subject. The image of America and its people that emerges is far from smooth and consistent, but that is entirely in keeping with the inexhaustible complexity and the infinite variety of the nation under consideration in this volume.
Szczegóły
Tytuł
(Mis)Reading America
Podtytuł
American Dreams, Fictions and Illusions
Autor
Wydawnictwo
Wydanie
1
Rok wydania
2011
Oprawa
Miękka ze skrzydełkami
Ilość stron
472
Format
13.5x20.5cm
Języki
angielski
ISBN
9788324213726
Język oryginału
angielski
Rodzaj
Książka
EAN
9788324213726
Data premiery
2011-07-13
Kraj produkcji
PL
Producent
Towarzystwo Autorów i Wydawców Prac Naukowych UNIVERSITAS
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TAiWPN Universitas
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