HIST 4180 Study Guide - Final Guide: Masculinity, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Frederick Douglass
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Daniel t. carter exposes cherokee imposter and autobiography impersonator, forest. American ethnic/racial impersonator autobiographies describe american minority groups that often are accompanied by stereotypes to convince audiences which consequentially helps form inaccurate identities and culture in a multi-cultural society. Their purpose is to offer an authentic voice of a minority group to a majority audience composed of white, middle-class americans. They are political tools in how they explicitly/implicitly describe impersonated perspectives on conventional, controversial and transitioning social, economic and cultural issues. Their primary focus is on american self-invention as well as the slippery nature of ethnic identity in america. (p. iii) They alter and influence many public opinions; such as slave narratives that brought emancipation, immigrant tolerance during the 1910"s & 1920"s and most recently the push to preserve and protect minorities from the melting pot . Much of their purpose is to raise awareness and alternatives views in an effort to sway public opinion.
