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Critical and comparative perspectives on American studies /

This volume explores the convergences and divergences of American Studies today, and, more specifically, investigates how this discipline might be approached. Drawing on a wide range of perspectives, the essays brought together here address concerns related to the role and capacity of American Studi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kondali, Ksenija (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of Contents; Introduction; Is There a Need for Marx in American Studies?; American Studies in Social and Historical Context; Sisters and Solid Foundations; Fictionalizing Transatlantic Slavery; Women in Twentieth-Century American Theater; Negative Concord and Negative Polarity Items in African American Vernacular English; Deixis in Commencement Addresses delivered at American Universities; Imploding the Myth of Progress and Women's Emancipation in The New World Order as a Critique of US-led Economic Imperialism; A Pinch of Insight, a Dash of Resolution
  • I'm a True Ferrari Diva (but I haven't always been this way)Contributors; Index