Re-framing the transnational turn in American studies / Winfried Fluck, Donald E. Pease, and John Carlos Rowe, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fluck, Winfried.

Pease, Donald E.

Rowe, John Carlos.

Series:

Re-Mapping the Transnational: A Dartmouth Series in American Studies

Re-mapping the transnational: A Dartmouth series in American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

National characteristics, American, in literature.

Literature and transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (471 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the state of American studies in the twenty-first century?

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Re-Mapping the Transnational Turn; I: A Politics of Transnational Melancholia; 1 Diasporic Doubles: Philip Roth's ""Operation Shylock""; 2 "Death Is So Permanent. Drive Carefully.": European Ruins and American Studies Circa 1948; 3 Landscapes of Trauma: The Transnational Dislocation of Vietnam's War Trauma In Alfredo Vea's ""Gods Go Begging""; 4 The Racial State and The Transatlantic Famine Irish; II: Re-Disciplinizing Transnational American Studies; 5 Men In Boats and Flaming Skies: American Painting and National Self-Recognition

6 Portraying Transnational America: Aesthetic and Political Dimensions in Winold Reiss's ""Plea for Color""7 Liberty: A Transnational Icon; 8 Belonging and Transnational American Studies: Reflections On a Critical Approach and a Reading of Richard Powers's ""The Echo Maker""; III: Transnational Pedagogies; 9 American Studies As Mobility Studies: Some Terms and Constellations; 10 Resistance Without Borders: Shifting Cultural Politics In Chicana/o Narratives; 11 Transnational Configurations In New Media: Identity Performance and Community On the Social Web

12 Protocols From the Playing Field: (Digital)Stories of Commitment and Intervention IV: Transnational Governmentalities; 13 Areas of Concern: Area Studies and the New American Studies; 14 Andean Gateways: Transnational Healing and Spiritual Tourism In the Sacred Valley, Peru; 15 Utopias of Transnationalism and the Neoliberal State; 16 Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History; 17 Toward a Politics of American Transcultural Studies: Discourses of Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism; Works Cited; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613378972

9781283378970

1283378973

9781611681918

161168191X

OCLC:

816879732