Founding Fictions - Couverture souple

Mercieca, Jennifer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0817357343 ISBN 13 : 9780817357344

Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2012

Synopsis

An extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845

Founding Fictions develops the concept of a "political fiction," or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned American citizens as either romantic heroes, tragic victims, or ironic partisans. By re-telling the stories that Americans have told themselves about citizenship, Mercieca highlights an important contradiction in American political theory and practice: that national stability and active citizen participation are perceived as fundamentally at odds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jennifer R. Mercieca is an associate professor of Communication at Texas A&M University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817357343
• ISBN 13: 9780817357344
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible