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Author Behdad, Ali, 1961- author.

Title A forgetful nation : on immigration and cultural identity in the United States / Ali Behdad
Published Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) : illustrations
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents Introduction : nation and immigration -- Imagining America : forgetful fathers and the founding myths of the nation -- Historicizing America : Tocqueville and the ideology of exceptionalism -- Immigrant America : liberal discourse of immigration and the ritual of self-renewal -- Discourses of exclusion : nativism and the imagining of a "white nation" -- Practices of exclusion : national borders and the disciplining of aliens -- Conclusion : remembering 9/11
Summary The cultural workings of immigration and exclusion in U.S. history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index
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Subject National characteristics, American.
Amnesia -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
Nativism -- History
Xenophobia -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Cultural pluralism
Emigration and immigration in literature
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
National characteristics, American
Ethnic relations
Nativism
National characteristics, American, in literature
Immigratie.
Beleid.
Race relations
Mythevorming.
Culturele identiteit.
Vreemdelingenhaat.
Nationalisme.
Etnische betrekkingen.
Xénophobie -- Aspect politique -- Histoire -- États-Unis.
Émigration et immigration -- Dans la littérature.
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects -- History
Subject United States
États-Unis -- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect politique -- Histoire.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822387039
0822387034
128302196X
9781283021968