American multiculturalism after 9/11 : transatlantic perspectives / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul [(eds.)].
Material type: TextSeries: 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
- computer
- online resource
- 9048510759
- 9789048510757
- American multiculturalism after nine eleven
- American multiculturalism after September 11
- American multiculturalism after September eleven
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Multiculturalism -- United States -- Foreign public opinion
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Mathematics and science
- Science: general issues
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General
- United States
- 305.8 22
- HM1271 .A44 2009eb
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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.
English.
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