Bramen, Carrie Tirado, 1964-

The uses of variety : modern Americanism and the quest for national distinctiveness / Carrie Tirado Bramen - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2000 - 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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

067400308X (alk. paper) Hadiah


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