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Weber, Cynthia.

'I am an American' : filming the fear of difference / Cynthia Weber. - Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011. - 1 online resource (226 pages) : color illustrations -

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- pt. 1. 'I am an American' -- Beginnings -- Soldiers -- Civilians -- Collateral damage -- Transitions -- pt. 2. Academic responses.

From Samuel Huntington's highly controversial Who Are We? to the urgent appeal of Naomi Wolf's The End of America, Americans are increasingly reflecting on questions of democracy, multiculturalism, and national identity. Yet such debates take place largely at the level of elites, leaving out ordinary American citizens who have much to offer about the lived reality behind the phrase, 'I am an American'.

ISBN: 9781841504223 (electronic bk.) 184150422X (electronic bk.) 9781841505299 (electronic bk.) 1841505293 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9781841504223

Source: 00065408

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015806421 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Americanization.
Multiculturalism--United States.
National characteristics, American.
Américanisation.
Multiculturalisme--États-Unis.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
Americanization.
Multiculturalism.
National characteristics, American.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JK1758 / 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.92092