America’s World Identity
Author | : N. Renwick |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1999-11-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230597945 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230597947 |
Rating | : 4/5 (947 Downloads) |
Download or read book America’s World Identity written by N. Renwick and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-11-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is America's national identity? This study offers a new perspective into this question. It argues that this identity is 'constructed' rather than 'essential' and reflects the politics of exclusion. This identificatory exclusion has been globalized through American economic, cultural, political and military expansion. The study provocatively draws upon poetry, literature, art, architecture, gangsta rap, landscape and cityscape to illuminate the construction of America's national identity and illustrates how this has been globalized in an increasingly post-modernist condition.