Subjects and Citizens

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Summary:Focusing on intersecting issues of nation, race, and gender, this volume inaugurates new models for American literary and cultural history. Subjects and Citizens reveals the many ways in which a wide range of canonical and non-canonical writing contends with the most crucial social, political, and literary issues of our past and present. Defining the landscape of the New American literary history, these essays are united by three interrelated concerns: ideas of origin (where does ""American literature"" begin?), ideas of nation (what does ""American literature"" mean?), and idea

subjects: Politics and literature,  Theory,  Ethnic relations in literature,  Literature and society,  American literature,  History and criticism,  Sex role in literature,  American Authors,  Political and social views,  Race relations in literature,  History,  Gender identity in literature,  National characteristics, American, in literature,  18.06 Anglo-American literature,  Ethnische Beziehungen,  Geschlechterverhältnis,  Literatur,  Nationalbewusstsein,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Amerikaans,  Letterkunde,  Sekserol,  Rassenverhoudingen,  Nationale identiteit,  Identité nationale,  Études diverses,  Littérature américaine (Etats-Unis),  20e s.,  Rôle (sociologie),  Sexe (genre),  Race,  Relations sociales,  Rassenbeziehung (Motiv),  Geschlechterbeziehung (Motiv),  Educational surveys