American Studies after Postmodernism / / edited by Theodora Tsimpouki, Konstantinos Blatanis, and Angeliki Tseti

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2024]; ©2024
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 pages)
• Disciplina: 810.8
• Soggetto topico: American literature; Postmodernism
• Persona (resp. second.): TsimpoukiTheodora; BlatanisKonstantinos <1966->; TsetiAngeliki
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction: American Studies after Postmodernism -- References -- 2 The Last Word: Writing in a Time of Emergency -- References -- Part I A Moment of Exigency -- 3 Post-2020 Vision: The Alternative Universes of Future U.S. Election Campaigns -- Post Insurrection America -- Postmodern Politics? -- Realignment and Alternative Political Universes -- Democratic Demographic Determinism -- Republican Retrenchment -- Reviewing Realignment -- Significant Changes in the Population -- Changes in the Conduct of Elections and Politics -- A New "Big Issue" -- Long-Term Erosion of Previous Electoral Coalitions -- A Critical Election (or Series of Elections) -- Leadership in the Future? -- Whose Opportunity? -- References -- 4 Studying America (photographically): From Walker Evans to Taryn Simon -- References -- 5 Sustainable American Studies: Intermedial Approaches to Climate Change -- Climate Change and Sustainable American Studies -- Theorizing Sustainable American Studies -- Organizational Practice: Mapping and Grounding in American Studies -- Joseph Beuys and the Place of Sustainable American Studies -- Performance: BEUYS-LAND -- Outreach: TOPO BEUYS-LAND -- Conclusion: Academic Realities in the Twenty-First Century -- References -- 6 Posthuman(ist), Affective and Global Turns in Ecofiction and Ecocriticism: Philip Armstrong's "Litter" -- References -- Part II Continuities -- 7 Postmodernist Latinx Literature in the 21st century? the Writings of Giannina Braschi -- Cultural Hybridity and Postmodernism -- Postmodernist Latinx Fiction -- Giannina Braschi's United States of Banana -- References -- 8 Intersectionally Aware Urban Re-mappings of Self and Belonging after Postmodernism: Reading Angie Cruz's Dominicana. ; Introduction: Intersectionally Aware Re-mappings of Urban Space After Postmodernism -- Intersectionally Aware Re-mappings of Urban (Un)belonging in Angie Cruz's Dominicana -- By Way of Conclusion -- References -- 9 Aspects of Mediation: Deceit, Desire, and Post-postmodernity in Paul Auster's The Locked Room -- Introduction -- Girard's Mediated Desire and The Locked Room -- The Locked Room and the Post-postmodern Moment: From Girard's Mediated Desire to Contemporary Media-Co-constituted Selfhood -- References -- 10 Juxtaposing Postmodernist and Classic Narratives in New Literacies: The Case of Role-Playing Games -- The Ongoing Cultural Impact of Tabletop Role-Playing Games -- TRPG Narratives: A Process of Conflict and Negotiation -- TRPGs as a Reflection of Dominant Culture -- TRPGs as a Postmodern Artifact -- Inherent Game Design Elements -- Inherent Elements of Emergent Narratives -- The Post-postmodern Aspect: Establishing New Narratives -- Conclusions -- References -- Part III 21st Century Tropisms -- 11 The Metamodernist Epiphanies of Daytripper -- 1. -- 2. -- 3. -- References -- 12 Transcultural with a Twist: Reading Americanah Contrapuntally -- References -- 13 The American Photo-Novel in the 21st century: Familial Ties and Historical Kinship in Emma Donoghue's Akin -- "The Law of Closure": Workings of the Photo-Novel -- "Roots and Routes": Family Ties, Historical Kinship -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- References -- 14 Literary Translingualism in the 21st century: Mobilizing Affect Through Language -- Affective Experiences: Penkov's and Hemon's Translingual Writing -- Affective Language in Penkov's and Hemon's Translingual Writing -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 Electronic Literature at the Dawn of the 21st century: The Case of Reiner Strasser and M.D. Coverley's ii-in the white darkness: about [the fragility of] memory -- Introduction. ; Clicking on Pulsing Dots -- Creating with Flash: The Affordances and Constraints of a Software -- Final Thoughts -- References -- 16 Paradigms of Cyberculturalism in Post-postmodernity -- Introduction -- Paradigm One: Artificial Intelligence, Multimediality and Twitterature -- Paradigm Two: Omnipresence of Social Media -- Paradigm Three: Cybercommerce and Cryptocurrency -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: American Studies after Postmodernism
• ISBN: 3-031-41448-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799202803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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