Surface and Depth: The Quest for Legibility in American Culture

by Michael T. Gilmore

The idea of a common American culture has been in retreat for a generation or more. Arguments emphasizing difference have discredited the grand synthetic studies that marginalized groups and perspectives at odds with the master narrative.

Surface and Depth: The Quest for Legibility in American Culture is a fresh attempt to revitalize an interpretive overview. It seeks to recuperate a central tradition while simultaneously recognizing how much...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195157761
• ISBN13: 9780195157765
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.7"