Regeneration Through Violence by Richard Slotkin
The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860
A cultural and literary study arguing that the American national identity was forged by recurring myths that portray collective violence as a means of purification and renewal; tracing how stories about the frontier, wars, and encounters with Native Americans transformed real historical conflict into a ritualized cycle in which violence regenerates the social order, legitimizes expansion, and sacralizes perpetrators. Through close readings of political rhetoric, popular literature, and historical episodes from colonial times through the nineteenth century, the work shows how these myths normalized dispossession and shaped public attitudes toward conquest and nation-building.
- Published
- 1973
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 416 pages
- Original Language
- English
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