American multiculturalism after 9/11 : : transatlantic perspectives /

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American multiculturalism after 9/11 : : transatlantic perspectives / / [edited by] Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul.

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This groundbreaking volume explores the multicultural debate that has evolved in the United States and Europe since the cataclysmic events of 9/11. Instead of suggesting closure by presenting a unified narrative about cultural diversity, national identity, and social stratification, the essays in th...

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Superior document:American studies
TeilnehmendeR:
Rubin, Derek, 1954-
Verheul, J.,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2009.
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:American studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Multicultural Boundery Crossings
  • Multiculturalism and Immigration / Lauter, Paul
  • Native-Immigrant Boundaries and Ethnic and Racial Inequalities / Alba, Richard
  • Coherence, Difference, and Citizenship: A Genealogy of Multiculturalism / Jonker, Ed
  • Cultural Reflections of the Unthinkable
  • Indecent Exposure: Picturing the Horror of 9/11 / Kroes, Rob
  • "The Dead Are Our Redeemers": Culture, Belief, and United 93 / Wegner, Phillip E.
  • Real American Heroes: Attacking Multiculturalism through the Discourse of Heroic Sacrifice / Connor, Michan Andrew
  • "America under Attack": Unity and Division after 9/11 / Roza, Mathilde
  • "This Godless Democracy": Terrorism, Multiculturalism, and American Self- Criticism in John Updike / Colgan, John-Paul
  • Multiculturalism in American History Textbooks before and after 9/11 / Hutchins-Viroux, Rachel
  • Transatlantic Dialogues
  • A Kinder, Gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the Divergent Multiculturalisms of the New West / Patterson, Patrick Hyder
  • Slavery, Memory, and Citizenship in Transatlantic Perspective / Kardux, Johanna C.
  • Are We All Americans? 9/11 and Discourses of Multiculturalism in the Netherlands / Kooijman, Jaap
  • "How could this have happened in Holland?" American Perceptions of Dutch Multiculturalism after 9/11 / Verheul, Jaap
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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