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Deforming American Political Thought: Ethnicity, Facticity, and Genre
Michael J. Shapiro
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Description for Deforming American Political Thought: Ethnicity, Facticity, and Genre
Hardcover. Affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, this work offers a polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. It analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a powerful polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro demonstrates how history, architecture, film, music, literature, and art are valuable resources that help us comprehend several viewpoints of American political thought from the founding to the present. Exploring such diverse works as slave narratives, contemporary films, genre fiction, and blues and jazz music, Shapiro reveals that there ... Read more
By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a powerful polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro demonstrates how history, architecture, film, music, literature, and art are valuable resources that help us comprehend several viewpoints of American political thought from the founding to the present. Exploring such diverse works as slave narratives, contemporary films, genre fiction, and blues and jazz music, Shapiro reveals that there ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124124
SKU
V9780813124124
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About Michael J. Shapiro
Michael J. Shapiro, professor of political science at the University of Hawai'i, is the author of numerous books, including Methods and Nations: Cultural Governance and the Indigenous Subject.
Reviews for Deforming American Political Thought: Ethnicity, Facticity, and Genre
A highly influential book for years to come. - Randy Martin, author of On Your Marx: Relinking Socialism and the Left