Alien visions : the Chechens and the Navajos in Russian and American literature / Margaret Ziolkowski.
"The major focus of this study is representation rather than reality - not the actual similarities and differences between the historical experiences and worldviews of the Chechens and Navajos, but the perceptions and portrayal of the Chechens by Russians and Navajos by white Americans. The ana...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newark :
University of Delaware Press,
[2005]
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| Summary: | "The major focus of this study is representation rather than reality - not the actual similarities and differences between the historical experiences and worldviews of the Chechens and Navajos, but the perceptions and portrayal of the Chechens by Russians and Navajos by white Americans. The analysis of these subjective realms, as they are expressed in a wide range of literary works, requires attentiveness to all the conscious and unconscious strategies of stereotyping."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 239 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0874139260 9780874139266 |