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American mythologies : essays on contemporary literature
Abstract
In United States culture, myth has played a significant role in representing the dominant ideologies of the nation as it emerged from colonial dependence to self-created superstate. In the period following the Vietnam War, however, such foundation myth has been radically challenged by the emergence of a range of new myths that set out to express America?s multicultural ethos.
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This essay collection questions the legacy of triumphalist mythology and explores the emergence of a more pluralistic, syncretic mythology that is central to the continual re-imagining of American communities. The thirtee
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| Description | *American mythologies : essays on contemporary literature / edited by William Blazek and Michael K. Glenday Liverpool [England] : Liverpool University Press, 2005 1 online resource (viii, 305 pages) |
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| Note | Formato pdf/epub Accesso riservato secondo le condizioni contrattuali https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=242350 |
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| ISBN | 9781846312540 | |
| 9781781386101 | ||
| 184631254X | ||
| 1781386102 | ||
| 9780853237464 | ||
| 9780853237365 | ||
| 0853237468 | ||
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| Series | Liverpool University Press - Liverpool English Texts and Studies | |
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| Publication year | 2005 | |
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