American Cultural Studies: An Introduction to American Culture

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Psychology Press, 1997 - 312 páginas

Drawing on literature, art, film theatre, music and much more, American Cultural Studiesis an interdisciplinary introduction to American culture for those taking American Studies. This textbook:

* introduces the full range and variety of American culture including issues of race, gender and youth
* provides a truly interdisciplinary methodology
* suggests and discusses a variety of approaches to study
* highlights American distinctiveness
* draws on literature, art, film, theatre, architecture, music and more
* challenges orthodox paradigms of American Studies.

This is a fast-expanding subject area, and Campbell and Kean's book will certainly be a staple part of any cultural studies student's reading diet.

 

Contenido

Using the book
7
Power and position
14
American culture and identity
20
The past as presidential discourse
27
Notes
33
References and further reading
41
between many worlds
44
Immigration and Americanisation
51
New black voices
92
Followup work
99
the West and the South
124
the South beyond comprehension?
140
Documentary reportage
146
the old knot of contrariety
162
to break the old circuits
189
outside the sunken nursery
215

Jewish Americans
57
melting pot mosaic or hybrid?
67
I dont sing other peoples voices
74
Imaginative cultural retrieval
82
Beyond American borders
242
References and further reading
269
Epilogue
298
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