Title Beyond ethnicity : consent and descent in American culture / Werner Sollors.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	810.98 S688B	Check Shelf

Description	xiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index.
Contents	Beyond ethnicity -- Typology and ethnogenesis -- Melting pots -- Romantic love, arranged marriage, and Indian melancholy -- Interlude: from Indian to urban -- Some tales of consent and descent -- The ethics of wholesome provincialism -- First generation, second generation, third generation ... : the cultural construction of descent -- Ethnicity and literary form.
Summary	Argues that Americans have more in common with each other than with their ethnic ancestors.
Subject	American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
	American literature -- Foreign authors -- History and criticism.
	Ethnic groups in literature.
	Ethnicity in literature.
	Ethnology -- United States.
	Literatura americana -- Autores extranjeros -- Historia y crítica.
	Grupos étnicos en la literatura.
	Etnicidad en la literature.
	Etnología -- EE. UU.
	American literature -- Foreign authors. (OCoLC)fst01424509
	American literature -- Minority authors. (OCoLC)fst00807213
	Ethnic groups in literature. (OCoLC)fst00915988
	Ethnicity in literature. (OCoLC)fst00916067
	Ethnology. (OCoLC)fst00916106
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	American literature -- History and criticism.
	Literature and society.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration.
	Ethnicity.
Indexed Term	English literature American writers, to 1980 - Critical studies
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
ISBN	0195036948
	9780195036947
	0195051939
	9780195051933
	9786610440177
	6610440174

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