Civic Myths: A Law-and-Literature Approach to Citizenship

by Brook Thomas

Book Overview

As questions of citizenship generate new debates for this generation of Americans, Brook Thomas argues for revitalizing the role of literature in civic education. Thomas defines civic myths as compelling stories about national origin, membership, and values that are generated by conflicts within the concept of citizenship itself. Selected works of literature, he claims, work on these myths by challenging their terms at the same time that they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807858463
• ISBN13: 9780807858462
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 9.2"