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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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Summary |
"Weak Nationalisms employs affect theory as well as traditional close reading techniques to explore the ways a range of writers negotiate nationalistic feeling that embraces core tenets of American liberalism while resisting and questioning the hierarchies that are often associated with nationalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: affected readers in an imagined community -- Moodiness: the everyday America of Beauvoir's America day by day -- Curiosity and its discontents: Steinbeck's Travels with Charley and America and Americans -- Hopefulness: on the road with Charles Kuralt -- Incredulity: reading Sarah Vowell -- Conclusion: affected critics, the nation, and the limits of critique. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Nationalism in literature.
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Nationalism in literature. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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Synecdoche.
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Synecdoche. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Dowland, Douglas. Weak nationalisms. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019] 9781496200501 (DLC) 2018046954 (OCoLC)1064247291 |
ISBN |
9781496216014 (electronic book) |
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1496216016 (electronic book) |
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9781496200501 |
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1496200500 |
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9781496215482 |
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1496215486 |
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9781496215994 (epub) |
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9781496216007 (mobi) |
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