Discourse and Culture The Creation of America, 1870-1920
Auteur : Munslow Alun
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.
Date de parution : 09-2009
13.8x21.6 cm
Date de parution : 12-2016
13.8x21.6 cm
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Mots-clés :
passive; revolution; bois; expansive; hegemony; rej; ection; andrew; carnegie; comedic; Passive Revolution; Transformist Hegemony; Dominant Social Formation; Expansive Hegemony; Free Labour Republicanism; Declaration Of Independence; Comedic Emplotment; Labour Leader; Free Land; Organic Intellectuals; Dominant White Culture; Black Intellectual; Metonymic Reduction; Heroic Materialism; Corporatist Republican; Business Enterprise; Dim; Haymarket; Greenback Labor Party; Hull House; American Nationalism; Black Folk; Free Women; Wage Dependency