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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Edwards, Brian T., 1968-, Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 341 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226185088
0226185087
1283058189
9781283058186