As recently as the early 1990s, people wondered what was the future of cultural studies in the United States and what effects its increasing internationalization might have. What type of projects would cultural studies inspire people to undertake? Would established disciplines welcome its presence and adapt their practices accordingly? This text attempts to answer such questions. It is now clear that, while striking and innovative work is underway in many different fields, most disciplinary organizations and structures have been very resistant to cultural studies. Meanwhile, cultural studies...
As recently as the early 1990s, people wondered what was the future of cultural studies in the United States and what effects its increasing internati...
Brian T. Edwards Parameshwar Gaonkar Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar
The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. Now that the so-called American Century has come to an end, what would a truly globalized version of American studies look like? Brian T. Edwards and Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar offer a new standard for the field s transnational aspiration with "Globalizing American Studies."
The essays here offer a comparative, multilingual, or multisited approach to ideas and representations of America. The contributors explore unexpected perspectives on the international...
The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. Now that the ...
