{"product_id":"civic-myths-a-law-and-literature-approach-to-citizenship-9780807858462","title":"Civic Myths: A Law-and-Literature Approach to Citizenship","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brook Thomas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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 \u003ci\u003eon\u003c\/i\u003e these myths by challenging their terms at the same time that they work \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e them by relying on the power of narrative to produce compelling new stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCivic Myths\u003c\/i\u003e consists of four case studies: Nathaniel Hawthorne's \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e and \"the good citizen\"; Edward Everett Hale's \"The Man without a Country\" and \"the patriotic citizen\"; Mark Twain's \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e and \"the independent citizen\"; and Maxine Hong Kingston's \u003ci\u003eChina Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \"the immigrant citizen.\" Thomas also provides analysis of the civic mythology surrounding Abraham Lincoln and the case of \u003ci\u003eEx parte Milligan\u003c\/i\u003e. Engaging current debates about civil society, civil liberties, civil rights, and immigration, Thomas draws on the complexities of law and literature to probe the complexities of U.S. citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585455964311,"sku":"9780807858462","price":4188.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807858462.webp?v=1774960389","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/civic-myths-a-law-and-literature-approach-to-citizenship-9780807858462","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}