The Myths That Made America An Introduction to American Studies Heike Paul

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Heike <p>Heike Paul, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland</p>, Author.

Contributor:

Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Backlist Collection, Funder.

Series:

American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; v. 1.

American Culture Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America.

Culture.

Myth.

Literature.

History.

American Studies.

Cultural Studies.

American History.

Introduction.

Local Subjects:

America.

Culture.

Myth.

Literature.

History.

American Studies.

Cultural Studies.

American History.

Introduction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Paul, The Myths That Made America An Introduction to American Studies

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file PDF

Biography/History:

Heike Paul (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1968, ist Lehrstuhlinhaberin für Amerikanistik an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Forschungsaufenthalte und Gastprofessuren führten sie nach Cambridge (MA), Los Angeles (CA) und Hanover (NH). Sie ist u.a. Sprecherin des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs »Das Sentimentale in Literatur, Kultur und Politik« und erhielt 2018 den Leibniz-Preis.

Summary:

This essential introduction to American studies examines the core foundational myths upon which the nation is based and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of »discovery,« the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth of the Founding Fathers, the melting pot myth, the myth of the West, and the myth of the self-made man.The chapters provide extended analyses of each of these myths, using examples from popular culture, literature, memorial culture, school books, and every-day life. Including visual material as well as study questions, this book will be of interest to any student of American studies and will foster an understanding of the United States of America as an imagined community by analyzing the foundational role of myths in the process of nation building.

»[Die Analyse ermöglicht] in ihrer Gesamtheit faszinierende Impressionen von Mentalitäten und Idealen, Vorurteilen und Abgrenzungen der US-amerikanischen Gesellschaft des 19. und 20.Jahrhunderts.«

Besprochen in:Archiv für Sozialgeschichte, 23.07.2015, Horst Dippelhttps://lights-camera-history.com, 12,12,2020, Paige Lurie

"In its entirety, [the analysis offers] fascinating impressions of mentalities and ideals, prejudices and practices of cultural distinction present in the US-American society of the 19th and 20th century."

Contents:

Christopher Columbus and the Myth of 'Discovery'

Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love

Pilgrims and Puritans and the Myth of the Promised Land

American Independence and the Myth of the Founding Fathers

E Pluribus Unum? The Myth of the Melting Pot

Agrarianism, Expansionism, and the Myth of the American West

Expressive Individualism and the Myth of the Self-Made Man.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783839414859

3839414857

OCLC:

890000654

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access