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Cultural Orphans in America [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pazicky, Diana Loercher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and criticism.
- Literature and society--United States.
- Orphans in literature.
- American literature--History and criticism--United States.
- American literature.
- Literature and society.
- Local Subjects:
- American literature--History and criticism.
- Literature and society--United States.
- Orphans in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Images of orphanhood have pervaded American fiction since the colonial period. Common in British literature, the orphan figure in American texts serves a unique cultural purpose, representing marginalized racial, ethnic, and religious groups that have been scapegoated by the dominant culture. Among these groups are the Native Americans, the African Americans, immigrants, and Catholics. In keeping with their ideological function, images of orphanhood occur within the context of family metaphors in which children represent those who belong to the family, or the dominant culture, and orphans repr
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Puritans as Orphans; CHAPTER 2 The Puritans as Aggressors; CHAPTER 3 The Revolution; CHAPTER 4 Tales of Captivity and Adoption; CHAPTER 5 The Rise of the Republic; CHAPTER 6 Sentimental Strategies in ""Orphan Tales""; CHAPTER 7 The Negro as Ultimate Orphan; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-03116-7
- 9786613031167
- 1-61703-093-7
- OCLC:
- 712016221
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