Discourse and Culture

The Creation of America, 1870-1920
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-17618-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Written history is literary artifact: taking this as its starting point, Discourse and Culture argues that the Foucauldian concept of the shifting scale of linguistic and historic values must be the central focus for a new interpretation of American culture and ideology. Six major American historical figures are evaluated as products of the conflict between subordinate and dominant influences in American society: steelmaster Andrew Carnegie; labour leader Terence V. Powderly; historian of the West Frederick J. Turner; social reconstructionist Jane Addams; race leader Booker T. Washington; and black nationalist W.E.B. du Bois. Discourse and Culture re-assesses the relationship between ideology and cultural formation by asking if cultural change can be explained as a function of discourse. The book draws upon the ideas of Althusser, Gramsci and Hayden to address this issue, which lies at the very heart of contemporary debate on the character of cultural history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Munslow, Alun

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Discourse and culture; Chapter 2 The culture of capital; Chapter 3 Class and republicanism; Chapter 4 History and myth; Chapter 5 Gender, social reform and cultural identity; Chapter 6 The rhetoric of racial accommodation; Chapter 7 The black intellectual; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Alun Munslow