American multiculturalism after 9/11 [electronic resource] : transatlantic perspectives / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul [(eds.)].
This provocative and rich volume charts the post-9/11 debates and practice of multiculturalism, pinpointing their political and cultural implications in the United States and Europe.
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 9048510759
- ISBN: 9789048510757
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)
- Publisher: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / Derek Rubin and Jaap Verheul -- Multicultural boundary crossings: Multiculturalism and immigration / Paul Lauter; Native-immigrant boundaries and ethnic and racial inequalities / Richard Alba; Coherence, difference, and citizenship: a genealogy of multiculturalism / Ed Jonker -- Cultural reflections of the unthinkable: Indecent exposure : picturing the horror of 9/11 / Rob Kroes; "The dead are our redeemers": culture, belief, and United 93 / Phillip E. Wegner; Real American heroes: attacking multiculturalism through the discourse of heroic sacrifice / Michan Andrew Connor; "America under attack": unity and division after 9/11 / Mathilde Roza; "This Godless democracy": terrorism, multiculturalism, and American self-criticism in John Updike / John-Paul Colgan; Multiculturalism in American history textbooks before and after 9/11 / Rachel Hutchins-Viroux -- Transatlantic dialogues: A kinder, gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the divergent multiculturalisms of the new West / Patrick Hyder Patterson; Slavery, memory, and citizenship in transatlantic perspective / Johanna C. Kardux; Are we all Americans? 9/11 and discourses of multiculturalism in the Netherlands / Jaap Kooijman; How could this have happened in Holland? American perspectives of Dutch multiculturalism after 9/11 / Jaap Verheul. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Emigration and immigration > Social aspects. Multiculturalism > United States > Foreign public opinion. |
