The "White Other" in American Intermarriage Stories, 1945-2008

2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-28716-8
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Signs of Race

Fictional depictions of intermarriage can illuminate perceptions of both 'ethnicity' and 'whiteness' at any given historical moment. Popular examples such as Lucy and Ricky in I Love Lucy (1951-1957), Joanna and John in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Toula and Ian in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) helped raise questions about national identity: does 'American' mean 'white' or a blending of ethnicities?

Building on previous studies by scholars of intermarriage and identity, this study is an ambitious endeavor to discern the ways in which literature and films from the 1960s through 2000s rework nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century intermarriage tropes. Unlike earlier stories, these narratives position the white partner as the 'other' and serve as useful frameworks for assessing ethnic and American identity. Lauren S. Cardon sheds new light on ethno-racial solidarity and the assimilation of different ethnicities into American dominant culture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cardon, L.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Universalist 2. The White Witch 3. The Shiksa 4. The WASP 5. The Colonist and the Scout 6. The Amerikan Conclusion: The Visible White

Über Autor(innen)

Lauren S. Cardon is a Senior Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Deptartment of English at Tulane University, USA.