Living American Studies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-8253-5846-4
Verlag: Universitätsverlag Winter

Buch, Englisch, Band 195, 413 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

Reihe: American Studies

As a discipline, American Studies has certainly been one of the most dynamic fields not only of research but also of teaching. This volume argues that one reason for this dynamism lies in the refusal of American Studies practitioners, both in the U.S. and around the globe, to separate life from art and criticism. Fields such as postmodernism, life writing, ethnic studies, or ecocriticism derive their potential precisely from the politicized interrelation of personal experience and critical practice. To acknowledge this potential, many scholars of American Studies explore the complex ways in which their own location may inform their work. It is from this tension between lived experience and the textualization of this experience that American Studies derives its greatest productivity. This volume sets out to trace some of these issues, highlighting the many ways in which American Studies scholars have been "living American Studies," extending their fields beyond the narrow boundaries of traditional academia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banerjee, Mita

Birkle, Carmen

Höttges, Bärbel

Siebald, Manfred

Waller, Nicole

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften