Founding Fictions

Founding Fictions
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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9780817316907
ISBN-13 : 0817316906
Rating : 4/5 (906 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Founding Fictions by : Jennifer R. Mercieca

Download or read book Founding Fictions written by Jennifer R. Mercieca and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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