A Companion to American Studies offers a variety of approaches to the new American Studies, including its relations to allied fields--Ethnic Studies, Feminist, Queer and Latin American Studies. Divided into four parts, the volume addresses foundations and backgrounds to the field, different theories of the newAmerican Studies, and issues from globalization and technology to transnationalism and post-colonialism. Combining historical essays with theoretical and polemical issues, this Companion is designed to provoke discussion and help students and scholars at all levels develop their own approaches to the diverse areas included in contemporary American Studies.John Carlos Rowe is USC Associates' Professor of the Humanities and Chair of the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of SouthernCalifornia. He has written and edited many books, including The Vietnam War and American Culture (1991) and Post-Nationalist American Studies (2000), Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism: From the Revolution to World War II (2000) and The New American Studies (2002).
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-0924-6
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha Publicación: 16/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés