Rubin, Derek.

American Multiculturalism After 9/11 : Transatlantic Perspectives. - 1 online resource (206 pages) - American Studies . - American Studies .

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Multicultural Boundary Crossings -- Multiculturalism and Immigration -- Native-Immigrant Boundaries and Ethnic and Racial Inequalities -- Coherence, Difference, and Citizenship: A Genealogy of Multiculturalism -- Cultural Reflections of the Unthinkable -- Indecent Exposure: Picturing the Horror of 9/11 -- "The Dead Are Our Redeemers": Culture, Belief, and United 93 -- Real American Heroes: Attacking Multiculturalism through the Discourse of Heroic Sacrifice -- "America under Attack": Unity and Division after 9/11 -- "This Godless Democracy": Terrorism, Multiculturalism, and American Self-Criticism in John Updike -- Multiculturalism in American History Textbooks before and after 9/11 -- Transatlantic Dialogues -- A Kinder, Gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the Divergent Multiculturalisms of the New West -- Slavery, Memory, and Citizenship in Transatlantic Perspective -- Are We All Americans? 9/11 and Discourses of Multiculturalism in the Netherlands -- " How could this have happened in Holland?" American Perceptions of Dutch Multiculturalism after 9/11 -- About the Contributors -- Index.

This provocative and rich volume charts the post-9/11 debates and practice of multiculturalism, pinpointing their political and cultural implications in the United States and Europe.

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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Multiculturalism -- United States -- Foreign public opinion.


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