Inventing Destiny

Inventing Destiny
Author :
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages : 304
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780700628186
ISBN-13 : 0700628185
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Inventing Destiny by : Jimmy L. Bryan, Jr.

Download or read book Inventing Destiny written by Jimmy L. Bryan, Jr. and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mythmakers of US expansion have expressed “manifest destiny” in many different ways—and so have its many discontents. A multidisciplinary study that delves into these contrasts and contradictions, Inventing Destiny offers a broad yet penetrating cultural history of nineteenth-century US territorial acquisition—a history that gives voice to the underrepresented actors who significantly complicated US narratives of empire, from Native Americans and Anglo-American women to anti- and non-national expansionists. The contributors—established and emerging scholars from history, American studies, literary studies, art history, and religious studies—make use of source materials and techniques as various as artwork, religion, geospatial analysis, interior colonialism, and storytelling alongside fresh readings of traditional historical texts. In doing so, they seek to illuminate the complexities rather than simplify, to transgress borders rather than redraw them, and to amplify the under-told stories rather than repeat the old ones. Their work identifies and explores the obscure—or obscured—fictions of expansion, seeking a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of culture creation and recognizing those who resisted US territorial aggrandizement. In sum, Inventing Destiny demonstrates the value of cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of the multiple rationales, critiques, interventions, and contingencies of nineteenth-century US expansion.


Inventing Destiny Related Books

Inventing Destiny
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Jimmy L. Bryan, Jr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-20 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The mythmakers of US expansion have expressed “manifest destiny” in many different ways—and so have its many discontents. A multidisciplinary study that d
Martial Culture, Silver Screen
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Matthew Christopher Hulbert
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-04 - Publisher: LSU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Martial Culture, Silver Screen analyzes war movies, one of the most popular genres in American cinema, for what they reveal about the narratives and ideologies
Creating Your Own Destiny 7th Edition
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Patrick Snow
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Snow Group

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

You Know What You Want... Now, Here's How to Get It! Are you unhappy at work? Is your business failing? Want more out of life? It's time to demand your destiny!
Re-inventing Japan
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-04 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This text rethinks the contours of Japanese history, culture and nationality. Challenging the mythology of a historically unitary, even monolithic Japan, it off
Breakaway Americas
Language: en
Pages: 355
Authors: Thomas Richards Jr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-21 - Publisher: JHU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A reinterpretation of a key moment in the political history of the United States—and of the Americans who sought to decouple American ideals from US territory