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Ethnicity on Parade
April R. Schultz
其他書名
Inventing the Norwegian American Through Celebration
出版University of Massachusetts Press, 1994
主題Political Science / Civics & CitizenshipSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Anthropology / PhysicalSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / European American StudiesSocial Science / Minority Studies
ISBN08702393929780870239397
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zrzWAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Why do people at certain historical moments choose to define themselves in terms of their ethnicity? What concrete concerns are embedded in such identification? What does the creation of this identity mean in the larger context of history and social relationships? These are some of the questions April R. Schultz addresses in this interdisciplinary study of the way in which ethnic identity has been shaped and expressed in American culture. Drawing on the work of historians, anthropologists, literary critics, and cultural theorists, Schultz analyzes one national celebration - the 1925 Norwegian-American Immigration Centennial - as a strategic site for the invention of ethnicity. She shows how Norwegian Americans used this ceremony to create a distinctive vision of their past and present - a social and cultural construction that both accommodated and resisted dominant Anglo-American conceptions of assimilation. By taking a close look at the experiences of a white, middle-class, Protestant ethnic community, this book challenges many assumptions about the "Americanization" of immigrant groups and offers new insight into the uses of historical memory.