TY - BOOK AU - Weber,Cynthia TI - 'I am an American': filming the fear of difference SN - 9781841504223 AV - JK1758 2011eb U1 - 973.92092 PY - 2011/// CY - Bristol, Chicago PB - Intellect KW - Americanization KW - Multiculturalism KW - United States KW - National characteristics, American KW - Américanisation KW - Multiculturalisme KW - États-Unis KW - HISTORY KW - State & Local KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- pt. 1. 'I am an American' -- Beginnings -- Soldiers -- Civilians -- Collateral damage -- Transitions -- pt. 2. Academic responses N2 - 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' UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1135596 ER -