Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars - Couverture rigide

Gates, Henry Louis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195075196 ISBN 13 : 9780195075199

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1992

Synopsis

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the politics of multiculturalism. These essays touch upon the political, social and cultural dimensions of the "canon issue", and illustrate how its ramifications extend far beyond the syllabuses of college literature courses.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In Loose Canons, one of America's leading literary and cultural critics, Henry Louise Gates, Jr., offers a broad, illuminating look at the highly contentious issue, of multiculturalism. Gates agrees that our world is deeply divided by nationalism, racism, and sexism, and argues that the only way to transcend these divisions - to forge a civic culture that respects both differences and similarities - is through education that respects both the diversity and commonalities of human culture. His is a plea of cultural and intercultural understanding.

Revue de presse

`Almost certainly the funniest introduction thus far, to America's angry debates about redefining the canon.' Independent

`Gates wisely hits the beach under a protective barrage of scholarly references and sources, deftly deployed'. London Review of Books

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195075196
• ISBN 13: 9780195075199
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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