Deforming American political thought : ethnicity, facticity, and genre / Michael J. Shapiro.

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Shapiro, Michael J

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0813171539
9780813171531
9780813138350
0813138353
1283232715
9781283232715
9786613232717
6613232718

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JA84.U5 S514 2006eb

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Contents:

Securing the American ethnoscape -- The micropolitics of crime -- Deforming America's western imaginary -- Constructing America -- Composing America -- Democracy's risky businesses.

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Summary: By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a powerful polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro demonstrates how history, architecture, film, music, literature, and art are valuable resources that help us comprehend several viewpoints of American political thought from the founding to the present. Exploring s.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-232) and index.

Securing the American ethnoscape -- The micropolitics of crime -- Deforming America's western imaginary -- Constructing America -- Composing America -- Democracy's risky businesses.

By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a powerful polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro demonstrates how history, architecture, film, music, literature, and art are valuable resources that help us comprehend several viewpoints of American political thought from the founding to the present. Exploring s.

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