Sheffer, Jolie A. <br/><br/>
The Romance of Race :  Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880-1930. 

 - New Brunswick, NJ :  Rutgers University Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource (247 pages). 
 - American literatures initiative .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Mulattos, Mysticism, and Marriage: AfricanAmerican Identity and Psychic Integration; Chapter 2. Half-Caste Family Romances: Divergent Pathsof Asian American Identity; Chapter 3. The Mexican Mestizo/a in theMexican American Imaginary; Chapter 4. Half-Breeds and Homesteaders: Native/AmericanAlliances in the West; Chapter 5. Blood and Blankets: Americanizing EuropeanImmigrants through Cultural Miscegenation andTextile Reproduction; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
<br/><br/> The national identity of the United States was transformed between 1880 and 1930 due to mass immigration, imperial expansion, the rise of Jim Crow, and the beginning of the suffrage movement. The Romance of Race examines the role of minority women writers and reformers in the creation of modern American multiculturalism by placing minorities at the center of American identity and imagining a new national narrative based on the model of an interracial nuclear family. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813554648 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.<br/>American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.<br/>Ethnic groups in literature.<br/>Multiculturalism in literature.<br/>Identity (Psychology) in literature.<br/>Minorities--Intellectual life.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS153  / .R663 2012