American Studies : A User's Guide / Alexander I. Olson, Philip J. Deloria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deloria, Philip Joseph, author.

Olson, Alexander I., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Study and teaching.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

American Studies has long been a home for adventurous students seeking to understand the culture and politics of the United States. This welcoming spirit has found appeal around the world, but at the heart of the field is an identity crisis. Nearly every effort to articulate an American Studies methodology has been rejected for fear of losing intellectual flexibility and freedom. But what if these fears are misplaced? Providing a fresh look at American Studies in practice, this book contends that a shared set of "rules" can offer a springboard to creativity. American Studies: A User's Guide offers readers a critical introduction to the history and methods of the field as well as useful strategies for interpretation, curation, analysis, and theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part one. Histories

Part two. Methods

Part three. From Jotting It Down to Writing It Up

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780520962699

0520962699

OCLC:

978351953