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Monsters, Tricksters, and Sacred Cows: Animal Tales and American Identities

Monsters, Tricksters, and Sacred Cows: Animal Tales and American Identities

Arnold, A. James

Hardcover

Series: New World Studies

Mythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 0813916453
ISBN13: 9780813916453
Publisher: Univ Of Virginia Pr
Published: Mar 29 1996
Pages: 291
Weight: 1.42
Height: 1.01 Width: 6.33 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

The 1992 Quincentennial of the encounter between the New World and the Old resulted in a veritable culture war- an extreme polarization of hardened ideological positions on different ideas of America. Monsters, Tricksters, and Sacred Cows brings a fresh perspective to the confusing question of American identity. It clears the minefields laid by the generals commanding the opposing camps, while demonstrating that both sides have been primarily interested in protecting and defending an idea of Americanness that cannot resist scrutiny. Some of the leading international scholars in anthropology, comparative literature, and history of the Americas show convincingly in this book that contacts between and among peoples and ethnic groups have, since early colonial times, produced new- and typically American- cultural forms throughout the hemisphere.

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