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Born in the USA: American Nationalism and the Original Sin of Slavery.

Authors :
Ascher, Ivan
Source :
Conference Papers -- International Studies Association. 2009 Annual Meeting, p1. 0p.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

This paper asks what is made possible (and thus impossible) by the recurrent use of metaphors of nation and original sin in American political discourse, through a close study of both D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation and Barack Obama's "A More Perfec ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Conference Papers -- International Studies Association
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
45101581