This Violent Empire The Birth of an American National Identity
This Violent Empiretraces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self.Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg e...
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01.12.2012
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| Abstract | This Violent Empiretraces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self.Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg explores the ways the founding generation, lacking a common history, governmental infrastructures, and shared culture, solidified their national sense of self by imagining a series of "Others" (African Americans, Native Americans, women, the propertyless) whose differences from European American male founders overshadowed the differences that divided those founders. These "Others," dangerous and polluting, had to be excluded from the European American body politic. Feared, but also desired, they refused to be marginalized, incurring increasingly enraged enactments of their political and social exclusion that shaped our long history of racism, xenophobia, and sexism. Close readings of political rhetoric during the Constitutional debates reveal the genesis of this long history. |
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| AbstractList | This Violent Empiretraces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self.Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg explores the ways the founding generation, lacking a common history, governmental infrastructures, and shared culture, solidified their national sense of self by imagining a series of "Others" (African Americans, Native Americans, women, the propertyless) whose differences from European American male founders overshadowed the differences that divided those founders. These "Others," dangerous and polluting, had to be excluded from the European American body politic. Feared, but also desired, they refused to be marginalized, incurring increasingly enraged enactments of their political and social exclusion that shaped our long history of racism, xenophobia, and sexism. Close readings of political rhetoric during the Constitutional debates reveal the genesis of this long history. This Violent Empire traces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self.Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg explores the ways the founding generation, lacking a common history, governmental infrastructures, and shared culture, solidified their national sense of self by imagining a series of ""Others"" (African Americans, Native Americans, women, the propertyless) whose differences from European American male founders overshadowed the differences that divided those founders. These ""Others,"" dangerous and polluting, had to be excluded from the European American body politic. Feared, but also desired, they refused to be marginalized, incurring increasingly enraged enactments of their political and social exclusion that shaped our long history of racism, xenophobia, and sexism. Close readings of political rhetoric during the Constitutional debates reveal the genesis of this long history. <i>This Violent Empire</i> traces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self.<BR><BR>Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg explores the ways the founding generation, lacking a common history, governmental infrastructures, and shared culture, solidified their national sense of self by imagining a series of ""Others"" (African Americans, Native Americans, women, the propertyless) whose differences from European American male founders overshadowed the differences that divided those founders. These ""Others,"" dangerous and polluting, had to be excluded from the European American body politic. Feared, but also desired, they refused to be marginalized, incurring increasingly enraged enactments of their political and social exclusion that shaped our long history of racism, xenophobia, and sexism. Close readings of political rhetoric during the Constitutional debates reveal the genesis of this long history. This study traces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self. It explores how the founding generation, lacking a common history, governmental infrastructures, and shared culture, solidified their national sense of self by imagining a series of 'others' (African Americans, Native Americans, women, the propertyless) whose differences from European American male founders overshadowed the differences that divided those founders. |
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| SubjectTerms | 1783–1865 18th century Attitudes Civilization Colonial Period (1600-1775) Difference Difference (Psychology) Difference (Psychology) -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century Empires HISTORY Identity formation Language & Literature Marginality, Social Marginality, Social -- United States -- History -- 18th century Men, White Men, White -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 18th century National characteristics, American National characteristics, American -- History -- 18th century National identity Paranoia Paranoia -- United States -- History -- 18th century Political aspects Political culture Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century Racism Racism -- United States -- History -- 18th century Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Sexism Sexism -- United States -- History -- 18th century U.S.A United States United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865 Violence Violence -- United States -- History -- 18th century |
| Subtitle | The Birth of an American National Identity |
| TableOfContents | Front Matter
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
INTRODUCTION
Prologue One
CHAPTER ONE: Fusions and Confusions
CHAPTER TWO: Rebellious Dandies and Political Fictions
CHAPTER THREE: American Minervas
Prologue Two
CHAPTER FOUR: Seeing Red
CHAPTER FIVE: Subject Female:
Prologue Three
CHAPTER SIX: Choreographing Class / Performing Gentility
CHAPTER SEVEN: Polished Gentlemen, Troublesome Women, and Dancing Slaves
CHAPTER EIGHT: Black Gothic
Conclusion
INDEX Index Conclusion Chapter Eight: Black Gothic Chapter Seven: Polished Gentlemen, Troublesome Women, and Dancing Slaves Chapter Six: Choreographing Class/Performing Gentility Section Three: The New American–as–Bourgeois Gentleman Prologue Three: The Ball Chapter Five: Subject Female: Authorizing an American Identity Chapter Four: Seeing Red Section Two: Dangerous Doubles Prologue Two: Masculinity and Masquerade Chapter Three: American Minervas Chapter Two: Rebellious Dandies and Political Fictions Chapter One: Fusions and Confusions Section One: The New American–as–Republican Citizen Prologue One: The Drums of War/The Thrust of Empire Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: What Then Is the American, This New Man? Acknowledgments Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Quotation Preface Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- INTRODUCTION: "What Then Is the American, This New Man? -- SECTION ONE: THE NEW AMERICAN-AS-REPUBLICAN CITIZEN -- Prologue One: The Drums of War/The Thrust of Empire -- CHAPTER ONE: Fusions and Confusions -- CHAPTER TWO: Rebellious Dandies and Political Fictions -- CHAPTER THREE: American Minervas -- SECTION TWO: DANGEROUS DOUBLES -- Prologue Two: Masculinity and Masquerade -- CHAPTER FOUR: Seeing Red -- CHAPTER FIVE: Subject Female: Authorizing an American Identity -- SECTION THREE: THE NEW AMERICAN-AS-BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN -- Prologue Three: The Ball -- CHAPTER SIX: Choreographing Class/Performing Gentility -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Polished Gentlemen, Troublesome Women, and Dancing Slaves -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Black Gothic -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
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