The Myths That Made America

Heike Paul

ISBN 10: 3837614859 / ISBN 13: 9783837614855

Published by Transcript Verlag Dez 2022, 2022

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Neuware -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.transcript Verlag, Hermannstraße 26, 33602 Bielefeld 450 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Myths That Made America
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag Dez 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837614859
• ISBN 13: 9783837614855
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 148H x 31D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 695 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.