Stepping Out Of The Darkness, The American Emerges Upon The Stage Of History As A New Character, As Puzzling To Himself As To Others. American Humor, Constance Rourke's Pioneering Study Of The National Character, Singles Out The Archetypal Figures Of The Yankee Peddler, The Backwoodsman, And The Blackface Minstrel To Illuminate The Fundamental Role Of Popular Culture In Fashioning A Distinctive American Sensibility. A Memorable Performance In Its Own Right: American Humor Crackles With The Jibes And Jokes Of Generations While Presenting A Striking Picture Of A Vagabond Nation In Perpetual Self-pursuit. Davy Crockett And Henry James, Jim Crow And Emily Dickinson Rub Shoulders In A Work That Inspired Such Later Critics As Pauline Kael And Lester Bangs And Which Still Has Much To Say About The America Of Bob Dylan And Thomas Pynchon, Bill Clinton And George W. Bush.--book Jacket. Corn Cobs Twist Your Hair -- The Gamecock Of The Wilderness -- That Long-tail'd Blue -- Strollers -- The Comic Poet -- Hear America Singing -- Facing West From California's Shores -- The American -- Round Up. Constance Rourke ; Introduction By Greil Marcus. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [237]-244) And Index.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Cultural
- Anthropology
Publisher : NYRB Classics
Author : Rourke, Constance
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2004-02-29
Number Of Pages : 258
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1590170792
ISBN-13 : 9781590170793
Item weight : 0.65 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 4.9 in x 7.9 in
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