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03005aam a2200433 i 4500 001 1C9497B878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 201204t20212021mdu b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2020946497 020 $a 1793605521 020 $a 9781793605528 035 $a (OCoLC)1225910174 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d MNT $d OCLCF $d A7U $d NYP $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a PS169.N35 $b G46 2021 082 04 $a 810/820 100 1 $a Genzale, Ann M., $e author. 245 10 $a Nationhood and improvised belief in American fiction / $c Ann M. Genzale. 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Lexington Books , $c [2021] 300 $a xxvii, 117 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a " ... highlights the ways religious belief and practice intersect with questions of national belonging in the work of major contemporary writers. Through readings of novels by Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, Cristina GarciÌa, and others, this book argues that the representations of syncretic, culturally hybrid, and improvised forms of religious practice operate in these novels as critiques of exclusionary constructions of national identity, providing models for alternate ways of belonging based on shared religious beliefs and practices. Rather than treating the religious history of the U.S. as one of increasing secularization, this book instead calls for greater attention to the diversity of religious experience in the U.S., as well as a deeper understanding of the ways in which these experiences can inform relationships to the national community." -- $c Publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-111) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Postsecularism and contemporary American fiction -- Religious syncretization and survivance in Louise Erdrich's reservation novels -- Unchurched preachers and wanton women : spirituality, community, and nationhood in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Paradise -- Religious performance in diaspora in the novels of Cristina GarciÌa -- Afterward. 650 0 $a National characteristics, American, in literature. 650 0 $a Nationalism in literature. 650 0 $a Belief and doubt in literature. 650 0 $a Belonging (Social psychology) in literature. 650 0 $a American fiction $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a Belief and doubt in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00830132 650 7 $a Belonging (Social psychology) in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01930842 650 7 $a National characteristics, American, in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033350 650 7 $a Nationalism in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033899 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781793605535 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012641.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1C9497B878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search