Description: Further DetailsTitle: Ethnicity and Cultural AuthorityCondition: NewEAN: 9780748622054ISBN: 9780748622054Publisher: Edinburgh University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/08/2005Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 576gAuthor: Daniel G. WilliamsLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: From Arnold to Du BoisDescription: Longlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2007 Writing in 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois suggested that the goal for the African-American was 'to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture'. He was evoking 'culture' as a solution to the divisions within society, thereby adopting, in a very different context, an idea that had been influentially expressed by Matthew Arnold in the 1860s. Du Bois questioned the assumed universality of this concept by asking who, ultimately, is allowed into the 'kingdom of culture'? How does one come to speak from a position of cultural authority? This book adopts a transatlantic approach to explore these questions. It centres on four Victorian 'men of letters' -- Matthew Arnold, William Dean Howells, W. B. Yeats and W. E. B. Du Bois -- who drew on notions of ethnicity as a basis from which to assert their cultural authority. In comparative close readings of these figures Daniel Williams addresses several key areas of contemporary literary and cultural debate.The book questions the notion of 'the West' as it appears and re-appears in the formulations of postcolonial theory, challenges the widespread tendency to divide nationalism into 'civic' and 'ethnic' forms, and forces its readers to reconsider what they mean when they talk about 'culture', 'identity' and 'national literature'. Key Features *Offers a substantial, innovative intervention in transatlantic debates over race and ethnicity *Uses 4 intriguing authors to explore issues of national identity, racial purity and the use of literature as a marker of 'cultural capital' *A unique focus on Celtic identity in a transatlantic context *Sets up a dialogue between writers who believe in national identity and those who believe in cultural distinctivenessCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic LiteraturesRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Ethnicity and Cultural Authority
Title: Ethnicity and Cultural Authority
EAN: 9780748622054
ISBN: 9780748622054
Release Date: 12/08/2005
Release Year: 2005
Subtitle: From Arnold to Du Bois
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Ethnicity and Cultural Authority : from Arnold to Du Bois
Publisher: Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2005
Item Weight: 20.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 6.5 in
Author: Daniel G. Williams
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Item Width: 9.3 in
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures Ser.
Format: Hardcover
