American Multiculturalism after 9/11
Transatlantic Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2012
224 pages
978-90-485-1075-7 (ISBN)
Description
Derek Rubin lectures in theAmerican Studies Programat Utrecht University. Jaap Verheul is associate professor of history and director of the American Studies Program at Utrecht University.
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Derek Rubin lectures in the American Studies Program at Utrecht University. Jaap Verheul is associate professor of history and director of the American Studies Program at Utrecht University.
Content
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 Perceptions of Dutch Multiculturalism after 9/11 Jaap Verheul About the Contributors Index
