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American multiculturalism after 9/11 : transatlantic perspectives / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul [(eds.)].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands). New debates in American studies.Publication details: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9048510759
  • 9789048510757
Other title:
  • American multiculturalism after nine eleven
  • American multiculturalism after September 11
  • American multiculturalism after September eleven
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American multiculturalism after 9/11.DDC classification:
  • 305.8 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1271 .A44 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul -- Multicultural boundary crossings: Multiculturalism and immigration / Paul Lauter; Native-immigrant boundaries and ethnic and racial inequalities / Richard Alba; Coherence, difference, and citizenship: a genealogy of multiculturalism / Ed Jonker -- Cultural reflections of the unthinkable: Indecent exposure : picturing the horror of 9/11 / Rob Kroes; "The dead are our redeemers": culture, belief, and United 93 / Phillip E. Wegner; Real American heroes: attacking multiculturalism through the discourse of heroic sacrifice / Michan Andrew Connor; "America under attack": unity and division after 9/11 / Mathilde Roza; "This Godless democracy": terrorism, multiculturalism, and American self-criticism in John Updike / John-Paul Colgan; Multiculturalism in American history textbooks before and after 9/11 / Rachel Hutchins-Viroux -- Transatlantic dialogues: A kinder, gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the divergent multiculturalisms of the new West / Patrick Hyder Patterson; Slavery, memory, and citizenship in transatlantic perspective / Johanna C. Kardux; Are we all Americans? 9/11 and discourses of multiculturalism in the Netherlands / Jaap Kooijman; How could this have happened in Holland? American perspectives of Dutch multiculturalism after 9/11 / Jaap Verheul.
Summary: This provocative and rich volume charts the post-9/11 debates and practice of multiculturalism, pinpointing their political and cultural implications in the United States and Europe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul -- Multicultural boundary crossings: Multiculturalism and immigration / Paul Lauter; Native-immigrant boundaries and ethnic and racial inequalities / Richard Alba; Coherence, difference, and citizenship: a genealogy of multiculturalism / Ed Jonker -- Cultural reflections of the unthinkable: Indecent exposure : picturing the horror of 9/11 / Rob Kroes; "The dead are our redeemers": culture, belief, and United 93 / Phillip E. Wegner; Real American heroes: attacking multiculturalism through the discourse of heroic sacrifice / Michan Andrew Connor; "America under attack": unity and division after 9/11 / Mathilde Roza; "This Godless democracy": terrorism, multiculturalism, and American self-criticism in John Updike / John-Paul Colgan; Multiculturalism in American history textbooks before and after 9/11 / Rachel Hutchins-Viroux -- Transatlantic dialogues: A kinder, gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the divergent multiculturalisms of the new West / Patrick Hyder Patterson; Slavery, memory, and citizenship in transatlantic perspective / Johanna C. Kardux; Are we all Americans? 9/11 and discourses of multiculturalism in the Netherlands / Jaap Kooijman; How could this have happened in Holland? American perspectives of Dutch multiculturalism after 9/11 / Jaap Verheul.

This provocative and rich volume charts the post-9/11 debates and practice of multiculturalism, pinpointing their political and cultural implications in the United States and Europe.

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