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...
To think in terms of alternative modernities is to admit that modernity is inescapable and to desist from speculations about modernity s end. Modernity today is global and multiple and no longer has a Western governing center to accompany it. The essays in this collection, therefore, approach the dilemmas of modernity from transnational and transcultural perspectives.
The idea of alternative modernities holds that modernity always unfolds within specific cultures or civilizations and that different starting points of the transition to modernity lead to different outcomes....
To think in terms of alternative modernities is to admit that modernity is inescapable and to desist from speculations about modernity s end. Modernit...
How do ordinary people identify themselves as part of a group? By what means do they express a largely unspoken understanding of themselves in society? This special issue on new social imaginaries examines emergent forms of solidarity and collective identity in a global context. The essays explore how local cultural forms and global social movements contribute to the making and unmaking of imagined collective identities. Contributors to this collection include major voices in the fields of philosophy, critical literature, sociology, anthropology, and communication studies. The articles...
How do ordinary people identify themselves as part of a group? By what means do they express a largely unspoken understanding of themselves in society...
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 ...
