Myths That Made America : an Introduction to American Studies

Myths That Made America an Introduction to American Studies

This essential introduction to American studies examines the core foundational myths upon which the nation is based and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of discovery, the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth of the Fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Backlist Collection funder (funder)
Other Authors: Paul, Heike, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2014
Bielefeld, Germany : 2014.
Edition:1. Aufl
Series:American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Amerikaforschung.
Geografie, Reisen.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
Literary studies: general.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Nationalcharakter
Mythos
United States > History > Errors, inventions, etc.
United States.
USA
America.
American History.
American Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Culture.
History.
Introduction.
Literature.
Myth.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009634645506719
Table of Contents:
  • Christopher Columbus and the Myth of 'Discovery'
  • Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love
  • Pilgrims and Puritans and the Myth of the Promised Land
  • American Independence and the Myth of the Founding Fathers
  • E Pluribus Unum? The Myth of the Melting Pot
  • Agrarianism, Expansionism, and the Myth of the American West
  • Expressive Individualism and the Myth of the Self-Made Man.

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