Dumm, Thomas L

Home in America

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ISBN 13:
9780674057715
author:
Dumm, Thomas L
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Printed Publication
language:
English
Publication Year:
2019
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
210mm / 140mm
Genre:
Literature
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£29.83

Description

Home in America: An Exploration of the American Experience of Home. Thomas Dumm's thought-provoking inquiry into the meaning of home delves into literary, political, philosophical, and deeply personal explorations. He examines distinctively American understandings of home, tracing its complexities from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Herman Wallace's solitary confinement at Angola State Penitentiary. Through a series of chapters, Dumm reveals different dimensions of the American experience of home, including slavery, radical individuality, and the power of remembering and imagining home in extreme confinement. Hidden within these homes are stories of those who were displaced, massacred, or enslaved, struggling to compose their lives in a place called home. This masterful meditation on the richness and poverty of an idea that endures in our world offers a nuanced exploration of what it means to belong and find refuge in a place we call home.

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