Globalizing American studies /
The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. Now that the so-called American Century has come to an end, what would a truly globalized version of American studies look like? Brian T. Edwards and Dilip Parameshwa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. Now that the so-called American Century has come to an end, what would a truly globalized version of American studies look like? Brian T. Edwards and Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar offer a new standard for the field's transnational aspiration with Globalizing American Studies . The essays here offer a comparative, multilingual, or multisited approach to ideas and representations of America. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 341 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226185088 0226185087 1283058189 9781283058186 |