Cultural Fictions
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Founding Fictions
Author | : Jennifer R. Mercieca |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2010-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817316906 |
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An extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845 Founding Fictions develops the concept of a “political fiction,” or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned American citizens as either romantic heroes, tragic victims, or ironic partisans. By re-telling the stories that Americans have told themselves about citizenship, Mercieca highlights an important contradiction in American political theory and practice: that national stability and active citizen participation are perceived as fundamentally at odds.
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