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050 00 $aE184.S2$bS38 1994
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100 1 $aSchultz, April R.,$d1962-
245 10 $aEthnicity on parade :$binventing the Norwegian
American through celebration /$cApril R. Schultz.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts
Press,$cc1994.
300 $axiii, 156 p. :$bill ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-150)
and index.
520 1 $a"Why do people at certain historical moments
choose to define themselves in terms of their ethnicity?
What concrete concerns are embedded in such identification?
What does the creation of this identity mean in the larger
context of history and social relationships?" "These are
some of the questions April R. Schultz addresses in this
interdisciplinary study of the way in which ethnic identity
has been shaped and expressed in American culture. Drawing
on the work of historians, anthropologists, literary
critics, and cultural theorists, Schultz analyzes one
national celebration - the 1925 Norwegian-American
Immigration Centennial - as a strategic site for the
invention of ethnicity. She shows how Norwegian Americans
used this ceremony to create a distinctive vision of their
past and present - a social and cultural construction that
both accommodated and resisted dominant Anglo-American
conceptions of assimilation." "By taking a close look at the
experiences of a white, middle-class, Protestant ethnic
community, this book challenges many assumptions about the
"Americanization" of immigrant groups and offers new insight
into the uses of historical memory."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aNorwegian Americans$xEthnic identity.
650 0 $aNorwegian Americans$xAnniversaries, etc.
650 0 $aNorwegian Americans$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aEthnicity$zUnited States$xCase studies.
650 0 $aAmericanization$xCase studies.
970 01 $tList of Illustrations
970 01 $tAcknowledgments
970 11 $tPrologue: The "Pageant of the Northmen"$p1
970 11 $l1$tEthnic Identity and Celebration: An
Introduction$p10
970 11 $l2$t"To Lose the Unspeakable": Negotiating
Norwegian-American Identity$p21
970 11 $l3$t"The Day of the Great Beast": World War I,
Americanization, and a Community in Crisis$p35
970 11 $l4$t"The Pride of the Race Had Been Touched":
Constructing a Festival Identity$p51
970 11 $l5$t"The Nation's Only Safe Foundation": Fields of
Meaning in an Ethnic Celebration$p91
970 11 $tConclusion: Historical Memory and Ethnicity$p123
970 01 $tNotes$p135
970 01 $tIndex$p151
980 $aApril R. Schultz is assistant professor of
history at Illinois Wesleyan University.
997 $boclc
