Bramen, Carrie Tirado, 1964-

The uses of variety modern Americanism and the quest for national distinctiveness / [electronic resource] : Carrie Tirado Bramen. - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2000. - 380 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-360) and index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






American fiction--History and criticism.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Literature and society--History--United States--20th century.
American fiction--Minority authors--History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Cultural pluralism in literature.
Multiculturalism in literature.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Minorities in literature.


United States--Intellectual life--20th century.


Electronic books.

PS374.D45 / B73 2000