| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages). |
| Series |
New debates in American studies |
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American studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands). New debates in American studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This provocative and rich volume charts the post-9/11 debates and practice of multiculturalism, pinpointing their political and cultural implications in the United States and Europe. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul -- Multicultural boundary crossings: Multiculturalism and immigration / Paul Lauter; Native-immigrant boundaries and ethnic and racial inequalities / Richard Alba; Coherence, difference, and citizenship: a genealogy of multiculturalism / Ed Jonker -- Cultural reflections of the unthinkable: Indecent exposure : picturing the horror of 9/11 / Rob Kroes; "The dead are our redeemers": culture, belief, and United 93 / Phillip E. Wegner; Real American heroes: attacking multiculturalism through the discourse of heroic sacrifice / Michan Andrew Connor; "America under attack": unity and division after 9/11 / Mathilde Roza; "This Godless democracy": terrorism, multiculturalism, and American self-criticism in John Updike / John-Paul Colgan; Multiculturalism in American history textbooks before and after 9/11 / Rachel Hutchins-Viroux -- Transatlantic dialogues: A kinder, gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the divergent multiculturalisms of the new West / Patrick Hyder Patterson; Slavery, memory, and citizenship in transatlantic perspective / Johanna C. Kardux; Are we all Americans? 9/11 and discourses of multiculturalism in the Netherlands / Jaap Kooijman; How could this have happened in Holland? American perspectives of Dutch multiculturalism after 9/11 / Jaap Verheul. |
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Multiculturalism -- United States -- Foreign public opinion.
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Mathematics and science.
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Science: general issues.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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| Added Author |
Rubin, Derek, 1954-
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Verheul, J.
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| Added Title |
American multiculturalism after nine eleven |
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American multiculturalism after September 11 |
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American multiculturalism after September eleven |
| Other Form: |
Print version: American multiculturalism after 9/11. [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009 9789089641441 (DLC) 2009662375 (OCoLC)466425592 |
| Standard No. |
9786612401770 |
| ISBN |
9789048510757 (electronic bk.) |
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9048510759 (electronic bk.) |
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