National and Transnational Challenges to the American Imaginary

ISBN-13: 9783631753064 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 342 str.

Adina Ciugureanu;Eduard Vlad;Nicoleta Stanca

Opis

The essays in this volume examine aspects of the ever-changing American imaginary over the last two centuries from the cultural perspectives of the present age, in which transnational approaches have vigorously challenged American Exceptionalist narratives.

Spis treści

Transatlantic, transnational and transcultural contexts - Identity and national allegiance - Sites of worlding - Trauma and fantasy in American fiction - The American Imaginary - Popular culture - The counterculture

O autorze

Adina Ciugureanu is Professor of British and American Studies at Ovidius University Constanta, Romania. Her research and publications focus on aspects related to the nineteenth-century Victorianism, twentieth-century American and British Modernism, feminist studies and popular culture.

Eduard Vlad is Professor of American Studies at Ovidius University, Constanta. His interests and publications range from literary and cultural studies to identity theory and globalization studies.

Nicoleta Stanca is Associate Professor of Irish and American Studies at Ovidius University, Constanta. She has published books and articles on Irish-American identity and popular culture.