'A geography of racism': Internal orientalism and the construction of American national identity in the film Mississippi Burning

National Identities

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-285

  Jansson, David R ^a  

^a Vasser College   (United States)

Author keywords

American national identity; Film analysis; Internal orientalism; Racism; US South

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844464704     PISSN: 14608944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14608940500201797     Document Type: Article

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