A lexicon of American Vernaculars
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Title
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A lexicon of American Vernaculars
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:7335460fe48e:11166
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identifier
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11488
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Creator
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Fragopoulos, George,
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Contributor
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Ammiel Alcalay
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Date
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2012
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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American literature | American studies | Modernism | Poetry | Politics | Postmodernism
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Abstract
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A Lexicon of American Vernaculars is an interdisciplinary project that combines poetics, social and aesthetic history and literary theory. It brings together American history, poetry/poetics and questions of language, with a particular focus on ethnic, transnational and Diasporic contexts, and on the political implications of such writings. My central thesis is that we cannot understand what makes an American literature "American" without looking at the international contexts that have shaped our country and our citizens---all very pertinent questions to ask in a our new "Global Village," where English often plays the role of Lingua Franca. What I call "American Vernaculars," therefore, are poetic approaches by writers from marginalized groups that are normally not represented in our national literature(s): African-Americans, Latin s, Asian-, and Greek-American poets. Within the American context, and historically speaking, I also examine the ways in which the lyric has been often (mis)read in a highly depoliticized manner, something my dissertation seeks to address and correct.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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English
