Teaching American studies in Britain perspectives and possibilities edited by Megan Hunt and Lydia Plath

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunt, Megan, 1968- editor.

Plath, Lydia, editor.

Series:

Critical insights in American studies

Critical Insights in American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy--Great Britain.

Critical pedagogy.

United States--Study and teaching (Higher)--Great Britain.

United States.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2026

Summary:

Tackles the meaning, significance and value of teaching American Studies in UK higher education

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Series Editors' Preface

Introduction: The Mindsets, Meanings and Methods of American Studies Pedagogy

Part I: Mindsets

1. ESSAY: Spatial Literacy, Disciplinary Identity and American Studies in Britain

2. CASE STUDY: The American Berserk as Pedagogic Challenge

3. ESSAY: A Foundation for American Studies: A Level Politics in the UK

4. CASE STUDY: Teaching Place-Based Indigenous Texts in UK Higher Education

5. CASE STUDY: Teaching The 1619 Project in Boris Johnson's Britain

6. DIALOGUE: Teaching Religion in US Histories and Cultures

Part II: Meanings

7. CASE STUDY: From TERF Island to Trumpistan: The Art of Teaching Queer History in Perilous Times

8. DIALOGUE: Encountering 'Race' in the British American Studies Classroom

9. CASE STUDY: The Personal Is Historical: Journalling About Race

10. DIALOGUE: Multimedia-Informed Pedagogies and Academic Precarity in American Studies

11. CASE STUDY: Students as Co-Creators: Recovering Nineteenth-Century Children's Literature

12. CASE STUDY: Contemporary Issues in the Americas: Translating Academic Knowledge via Applied Assessment

Part III: Methods

13. DIALOGUE: Teaching US Empire, Expansion and Expulsion

14. ESSAY: The Promise and Peril of Teaching the US in the World

15. CASE STUDY: Native American History and the US in the World

16. CASE STUDY: Teaching Transnational American Studies

17. CASE STUDY: 'Talking Race and Racism': Innovations in Learning via University-Led Outreach and the National Saturday Club

18. CASE STUDY: Going Back to School: Applying Secondary-Level Pedagogies to Support American Studies

19. ESSAY: Mickey Mouse Degrees? Understanding Employability in American Studies

DIALOGUE: Conclusion: What It Means to Teach American Studies in Britain

List of Contributors

Index

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Print version :

Print version Hunt, Megan Teaching American Studies in Britain

ISBN:

9781399551434

1399551434

1399551426

9781399551427

OCLC:

1609315157

Publisher Number:

CIPO000412846

Access Restriction:

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