Redefining American identity
Subtitle: from Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama
By: Ben Railton
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780230112063
Subjects: Multiculturalism; Cultural pluralism; Cultural fusion; American National characteristics; Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p. [175]-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : defining transformations; title: Transformative explorations : Cabeza de Vaca changes his skin; title: Unsettling transformations : Mary Rowlandson's removes; title: Revolutionary transformations : Olaudah Equiano's fortunate vicissitudes; title: Transformative expansions : Sarah Winnemucca's ideal interpretations; title: Transformative mixtures : Gloria Anzalda's hybrid mosaic; title: Conclusion : electing transformation.