States of Emergency : The Object of American Studies /

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Arguing for a new methodology in American studies scholarship, contributors here call for a consideration of both space and time. Essays discussing topics such as weather, cigarettes, archival material, AIDS, the enemy, extinct species, and torture demonstrate a way to study American culture by read...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gillman, Susan Kay, Castronovo, Russ, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States - General.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Education.
Civilization.
EDUCATION > Higher.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
United States.
États-Unis > Étude et enseignement.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States > Study and teaching.
United States > Civilization.
United States > History.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The study of the American problems / Russ Castronovo & Susan Gillman
  • Rogue states and emergent disciplines / Srinivas Aravamudan
  • Migrant archives : new routes in and out of American studies / Rodrigo Lazo
  • Toxicity and the consuming subject / Nan Enstad
  • Past burning : the (post- )traumatic memories of (post- )queer theory / Christopher Castiglia
  • Paranoid empire : specters from Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib / Anne McClintock
  • Taking the measure of the black Atlantic / Kenneth W. Warren
  • Cicero's ghost : the Atlantic, the enemy, and the laws of war / Ian Baucom
  • World history according to Katrina / Wai Chee Dimock
  • American studies in an age of extinction / Robert S. Levine.

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