A New Introduction To American Studies

Author : Howard Temperley,Christopher Bigsby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317867388

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A New Introduction to American Studies by Howard Temperley,Christopher Bigsby Pdf

A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, politics, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. It will provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. Ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress are fully examined and new light is shed on the sometimes contradictory ways in which these ideals have informed the nation's history and culture. For introductory undergraduate courses in American Studies, American History and American Literature.

Author : Howard Temperley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1024265898

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New Introduction to American Studies, A. by Howard Temperley Pdf

A New Introduction to AMerican Studies 4th edition provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. Using fundamental influences like the machine and the city, and subjects such as imagery and icongraphy, myth, national identity, ideology, popular culture and painting are analysed in order to provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. For introductory undergraduate courses in American Studies, American History and American Literature.

Author : Andrew Dix
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317537830

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American Studies: The Basics by Andrew Dix Pdf

American Studies: The Basics is an accessible and concise introduction that aims to unpack what American studies does and why it matters. From Moby-Dick to baseball, Hollywood westerns to #BlackLivesMatter, and Disneyland to the U.S. Supreme Court, American studies engages with a myriad of topics in its efforts to understand what the French sociologist Jean Baudrillard called ‘social and cultural America.’ The book begins by considering how America was studied before American studies’ emergence as a recognized discipline in the mid-twentieth century. Successive chapters then explore the rise of American studies, its varied subjects, its distinctive methods of research, its geographical framing, and its politics. Throughout the book, explanatory examples are drawn from across American history and culture. Photographs are examined alongside novels, and historical monuments discussed next to films. The text offers an ideal way into an exciting academic subject of continuing growth and relevance. This book is a must read for those studying and with an interest in American studies.

Author : George Lipsitz
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816639493

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American Studies in a Moment of Danger by George Lipsitz Pdf

The America that seems to be disappearing before our very eyes is, George Lipsitz argues, actually the cumulative creation of yesterday's struggles over identity, culture, and power. At a critical moment, this book offers a richly textured historical perspective on where our notions of national knowledge have come from and where they may lead. Showing how American studies has been shaped by the social movements of the 1930s, 1960s, and 1980s, Lipsitz identifies the ways in which the globalization of commerce and culture are producing radically new understandings of politics, performance, consumption, knowledge, and nostalgia. Book jacket.

Author : C. W. E. Bigsby,Howard Temperley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780582894

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A New Introduction to American Studies by C. W. E. Bigsby,Howard Temperley Pdf

Author : Howard Temperley,Christopher Bigsby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317867371

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A New Introduction to American Studies by Howard Temperley,Christopher Bigsby Pdf

A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, politics, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. It will provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. Ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress are fully examined and new light is shed on the sometimes contradictory ways in which these ideals have informed the nation's history and culture. For introductory undergraduate courses in American Studies, American History and American Literature.

Author : Mark A. Graber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190245238

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A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism by Mark A. Graber Pdf

A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions. Mark A. Graber both explores and offers original answers to such central questions as: What is a Constitution, ? What are fundamental constitutional purposes? How are constitutions interpreted? How is constitutional authority allocated? How to constitutions change? How is the Constitution of the United States influenced by international and comparative law? and, most important, How does the Constitution work? Relying on an historical/institutional perspective, the book illustrates how American constitutionalism is a distinct form of politics, rather than a means from separating politics from law. Constitutions work far more by constructing and constituting politics than by compelling people to do what they would otherwise do. People debate the proper meaning of the first amendment, but these debates are influenced by the rule that all states are equally represented in the Senate and a political culture that in which political dissenters do not fear for their lives. More than any other work on the market, A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism highlights and expands on what a generation for law professors, political scientists and historians have said about the American constitutionalism regime. As such, this is the first truly interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics in the United States.

Author : Neil C. Campbell,Alasdair Kean
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134796922

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American Cultural Studies by Neil C. Campbell,Alasdair Kean Pdf

Drawing on literature, art, film theatre, music and much more, American Cultural Studies is 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.

Author : Richard P. Horwitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0842028293

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The American Studies Anthology by Richard P. Horwitz Pdf

A rich and rewarding subject of popular imagination, the United States is compellingly portrayed in this first anthology designed specifically for American studies courses. Offering an indispensable introduction to the long and varied history of generalizing about America, leading scholar Richard Horwitz has compiled the definitive anthology for American studies and American culture courses. Brimming with imaginative selections, the reader contains essays, plays, songs, comedy, legal documents, speeches, and poems by a rich array of authors-both domestic and international-whose writings echo recurring American themes. Collectively, the anthology identifies the ways in which scholars and popularizers have attempted to characterize America. Horwitz's insightful introduction summarizes key themes in the study of American culture as he traces the history of the field as well as current controversies. He avoids heavy jargon yet presents a nuanced view of the foundational works in American studies. Preceding the readings with concise, informative introductions, Horwitz seamlessly guides the reader through this distinctive collection.

Author : Philip J. Deloria,Alexander I. Olson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520296794

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American Studies by Philip J. Deloria,Alexander I. Olson Pdf

American Studies has long been a home for adventurous students seeking to understand the culture and politics of the United States. Despite being taught in universities around the world, American Studies has resisted developing a coherent methodology for fear of losing the flexibility and freedom to imagine new avenues of thought. But what if these fears are misplaced? Through a fresh look at the origins of the field, 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, useful strategies for interpretation, curation, analysis, and theory, and case studies of American Studies in practice.

Author : Talmadge Anderson,James Benjamin Stewart
Publisher : Black Classic Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781580730396

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Introduction to African American Studies by Talmadge Anderson,James Benjamin Stewart Pdf

There is an ongoing debate as to whether African American Studies is a discipline, or multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary field. Some scholars assert that African American Studies use a well-defined common approach in examining history, politics, and the family in the same way as scholars in the disciplines of economics, sociology, and political science. Other scholars consider African American Studies multidisciplinary, a field somewhat comparable to the field of education in which scholars employ a variety of disciplinary lenses-be they anthropological, psychological, historical, etc., --to study the African world experience. In this model the boundaries between traditional disciplines are accepted, and researches in African American Studies simply conduct discipline based an analysis of particular topics. Finally, another group of scholars insists that African American Studies is interdisciplinary, an enterprise that generates distinctive analyses by combining perspectives from d

Author : Janice A. Radway,Kevin Gaines,Barry Shank,Penny Von Eschen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405113519

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American Studies by Janice A. Radway,Kevin Gaines,Barry Shank,Penny Von Eschen Pdf

American Studies is a vigorous, bold account of the changes in the field of American Studies over the last thirty-five years. Through this set of carefully selected key essays by an editorial board of expert scholars, the book demonstrates how changes in the field have produced new genealogies that tell different histories of both America and the study of America. Charts the evolution of American Studies from the end of World War II to the present day by showcasing the best scholarship in this field An introductory essay by the distinguished editorial board highlights developments in the field and places each essay in its historical and theoretical context Explores topics such as American politics, history, culture, race, gender and working life Shows how changing perspectives have enabled older concepts to emerge in a different context

Author : Winfried Siemerling
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9780415335980

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The New North American Studies by Winfried Siemerling Pdf

Winner of the English Book Award, Grand Prix du Livre 2006 de la Ville de Sherbrooke. In this original and groundbreaking study, Winfried Siemerling examines the complexities of identity and recognition in the meaning of 'American'.

Author : Yuan Shu,Donald E. Pease
Publisher : Dartmouth College Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611688481

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American Studies as Transnational Practice by Yuan Shu,Donald E. Pease Pdf

This wide-ranging collection brings together an eclectic group of scholars to reflect upon the transnational configurations of the field of American studies and how these have affected its localizations, epistemological perspectives, ecological imaginaries, and politics of translation. The volume elaborates on the causes of the transnational paradigm shift in American studies and describes the material changes that this new paradigm has effected during the past two decades. The contributors hail from a variety of postcolonial, transoceanic, hemispheric, and post-national positions and sensibilities, enabling them to theorize a "crossroads of cultures" explanation of transnational American studies that moves beyond the multicultural studies model. Offering a rich and rewarding mix of essays and case studies, this collection will satisfy a broad range of students and scholars.

Author : Heike Paul
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783839414859

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The Myths That Made America by Heike Paul Pdf

This essential introduction to American studies examines the core foundational myths upon which the nation is based and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of »discovery,« the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth of the Founding Fathers, the melting pot myth, the myth of the West, and the myth of the self-made man. The chapters provide extended analyses of each of these myths, using examples from popular culture, literature, memorial culture, school books, and every-day life. Including visual material as well as study questions, this book will be of interest to any student of American studies and will foster an understanding of the United States of America as an imagined community by analyzing the foundational role of myths in the process of nation building.