| Description |
ix, 428 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in American sociology ; v. 6
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-418) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Gunnar Myrdal's An American dilemma after a half century : critics and anticritics -- 2. The "Yellow Peril" mystique : origins and vicissitudes of a racist discourse -- 3. The "Chinese question" and America's labor historians : a wrong turn in a quest for a usable past -- 4. The lost tribes of Israel as a problem in history and sociology -- 5. Postmodernism and the construction of ethnocultural identity : the Jewish-Indian theory and the lost tribes of Israel -- 6. Social reality as theater : dramas, narratives, and the postmodern challenge -- 7. Cinematic ideologies and societal dystopias : filmmaking in the United States, Japan, Germany, and the Soviet Union, 1900-1996 -- 8. Community : a theoretical perspective on its dilemmas, contradictions, and possible future. |
| Subject |
Postmodernism -- Social aspects.
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Sociology.
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Social problems.
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| ISBN |
1557287112 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Sudoc No. |
HI.F 3/178-8:R 622/2001 ardocs |
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