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Cousins, Robert. "Citizenship and Selfhood: Negotiating Narratives of National and Personal Identity, 1900-1920," American Studies, Purdue University, December 1997.
Stories that define a particular version of America also assume a particular version of individual Americans-assume, in other words, a particular selfhood that is seen as normative. Focusing on debates over the citizenship status of American Indians, immigrants, and African-Americans, this project examines three clusters of recurring national narratives, which I label Property Narratives, Conversion Narratives, and Household Narratives. Reading popular texts such as plays, films, and citizenship ceremonies, I explore the ways in which the meaning of America and the meaning of American selfhood were negotiated in the realm of public discourse during the early twentieth century.
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