| Appropriating Thomas Jefferson, 1929-1945: We Are All Jeffersonians Now Contributor(s): Herget, Winfried (Other), Heller, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631793677 ISBN-13: 9783631793671 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $100.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Regional - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 973.460 |
| LCCN: 2019038109 |
| Series: Mainzer Studien Zur Amerikanistik |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (1.54 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study counters the view that Franklin D. Roosevelt hegemonically exalted Thomas Jefferson to iconic dominance during the Great Depression. It analyzes the diversity of those who appropriated Jefferson to find answers to the socio-economic crisis and modern industrial capitalism. This discourse analysis, spanning the ideological spectrum between 1929-1945, reveals that the creation of the Jefferson icon--in various forms of representation--generated counterhegemonic varieties of Jefferson because the appropriators grafted their values onto the historical figure which led to its transformation. These competing versions of Jefferson expressed a reformed sense of national values not only through commonalities but through the flexibility of interpretative and representational differences. |