Critique [of The Roles of Ethnic Theater in Immigrant Communities in the United States 1850-1930]
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4461703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zora Devrnja Zimmerman (Iowa State University, corresponding author), Jeffrey F Huntsman (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-49 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic studies review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1555-1881 • E-ISSN: 2576-2915 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ees.1981.4.1.47 |
| OpenAlex | W2727998927 |
| Language | EN |
A major point of ambiguity in the essay on ethnic theater, namely the inexact, overly-generalized application of the term ethnic, unwittingly perpetuates a widespread misconception about immigrant groups and unfortunately weakens valuable observations on immigrant culture. The study reinforces the tendency to perceive groups other than one's own as homogeneous and undifferentiated
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Archaeology · Art · Ethnic group · German · Homogeneous · Identity (music · Immigration · Judaism · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Term (time · Variety (cybernetics · Yiddish · Anthropology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |