The Ethnic Press: Shaping the American Dream - Couverture rigide

Rhodes, Leara D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1433110385 ISBN 13 : 9781433110382

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Millions of people have come to America seeking a different life than the one they had in their home country. The storied lives of these immigrants fill copious volumes of literature, each volume with its own interpretation of history. In documenting the history of immigrants in America through the lens of their newspapers, this groundbreaking book offers a new interpretation, illuminating how ethnic presses in America helped to shape the American Dream. Moreover, the book shows how the ethnic press continues to reshape this dream, as its function has changed from one of acculturation to assimilation to cultural pluralism targeted at the immigrant audience. The similarities between the newspapers, whether they were sojourner, political, religious, or literary in form, provide a fresh perspective on the shaping of the American Dream.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Leara D. Rhodes is Associate Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. She received her Ph.D. from Temple University. Her research focuses on media in transitional governments with emphasis on Haiti and the Caribbean. She is author of Democracy and the Role of the Haitian Media, and her research has been published in many journals including Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Journal of Haitian Studies, Latin American Perspectives, and the Journal of Development Communication.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1433110385
• ISBN 13: 9781433110382
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 186
• Coordonnées du fabricant: GPSR Kontakt; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne