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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781980103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hanover, NH, : Dartmouth College Press, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-37897-3; 9786613378972; 1-61168-191-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (471 p.)
• Collana: Re-mapping the transnational: A Dartmouth series in American studies
• Altri autori (Persone): FluckWinfried; PeaseDonald E; RoweJohn Carlos
• Disciplina: 810.9
• Soggetti: American literature - History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Literature and transnationalism; Literatura americana; Temes en la literatura; Transnacionalisme; Imperialisme; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: What is the state of American studies in the twenty-first century?