The International Turn in American Studies

Description:

The volume is a contribution to the ongoing debate on the internationalization of American Studies. The essays by European, American and Latin American scholars provide critical evaluations of a wide range of concepts, including trans-national and post-national, international, trans-atlantic, trans-pacific, as well as hemispheric, inter-American and comparative American studies. Combining theoretical reflections and actual case studies, the collection proposes a reassessment of current developments at a time when American nations experience the paradoxical simultaneity of both weakened and strengthened national borders alongside multiple challenges to national sovereignty.

subjects: Society & culture: general,  Classical texts,  Literary studies: from c 1900 -,  ELT background & reference material,  United states, civilization, 1945-,  Civilization,  Study and teaching