Re-Mapping the Transnational: A Dartmouth Series in American Studies – serie
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Critical History of the New American Studies, 1970–1990
Av Günter H. Lenz, Reinhard Isensee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
848 kr
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Starting in 2005, Günter H. Lenz began preparing a book-length exploration of the transformation of the field of American Studies in the crucial years between 1970 and 1990. As a commentator on, contributor to, and participant in the intellectual and institutional changes in his field, Lenz was …
In the Name of the Mother
Italian Americans, African Americans, and Modernity from Booker T. Washington to Bruce Springsteen
Häftad, 2017
403 kr
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In the Name of the Mother examines the cultural relationship between African American intellectuals and Italian American writers and artists, and how it relates to American blackness in the twentieth century. Samuele Pardini links African American literature to the Mediterranean tradition of the …
Native Land Talk
Indigenous and Arrivant Rights Theories
Av Yael Ben-zvi
Häftad, 2018
453 kr
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Histories of rights have too often marginalized Native Americans and African Americans. Correcting this lacuna, Native Land Talk expands our understanding of freedom by examining rights theories that indigenous and African-descended people(s) articulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. …
Ghosts of the African Diaspora
Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity
Häftad, 2018
453 kr
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The first monograph to investigate the poetics and politics of haunting in African diaspora literature, Ghosts of the African Diaspora: Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity examines literary works by five contemporary writers—Fred D’Aguiar, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Michelle Cliff, and …
Critical History of the New American Studies, 1970–1990
Av Günter H. Lenz, Reinhard Isensee m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
361 kr
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Starting in 2005, Günter H. Lenz began preparing a book-length exploration of the transformation of the field of American Studies in the crucial years between 1970 and 1990. As a commentator on, contributor to, and participant in the intellectual and institutional changes in his field, Lenz was …
Enemies of All Humankind
On the Narrative Construction of Legitimate Violence in Anglo-American Modernity
Inbunden, 2017
823 kr
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Hostis humani generis, meaning “enemy of humankind,” is the legal basis by which Western societies have defined such criminals as pirates, torturers, or terrorists as beyond the pale of civilization. Sonja Schillings argues that the legal fiction designating certain persons or classes of persons as …
Enemies of All Humankind
On the Narrative Construction of Legitimate Violence in Anglo-American Modernity
Häftad, 2017
351 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Hostis humani generis, meaning “enemy of humankind,” is the legal basis by which Western societies have defined such criminals as pirates, torturers, or terrorists as beyond the pale of civilization. Sonja Schillings argues that the legal fiction designating certain persons or classes of persons as …
In the Name of the Mother
Italian Americans, African Americans, and Modernity from Booker T. Washington to Bruce Springsteen
Inbunden, 2017
947 kr
Tillfälligt slut
In the Name of the Mother examines the cultural relationship between African American intellectuals and Italian American writers and artists, and how it relates to American blackness in the twentieth century. Samuele Pardini links African American literature to the Mediterranean tradition of the …
Native Land Talk
Indigenous and Arrivant Rights Theories
Av Yael Ben-zvi
Inbunden, 2018
947 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Histories of rights have too often marginalized Native Americans and African Americans. Correcting this lacuna, Native Land Talk expands our understanding of freedom by examining rights theories that indigenous and African-descended people(s) articulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. …
Ghosts of the African Diaspora
Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity
Inbunden, 2018
947 kr
Tillfälligt slut
The first monograph to investigate the poetics and politics of haunting in African diaspora literature, Ghosts of the African Diaspora: Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity examines literary works by five contemporary writers—Fred D’Aguiar, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Michelle Cliff, and …
Invisible Masters
Gender, Race, and the Economy of Service in Early New England
Inbunden, 2018
823 kr
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Invisible Masters rewrites the familiar narrative of the relation between Puritan religious culture and New England’s economic culture as a history of the primary discourse that connected them: service. The understanding early Puritans had of themselves as God’s servants and earthly masters was …
Invisible Masters
Gender, Race, and the Economy of Service in Early New England
Häftad, 2018
394 kr
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Invisible Masters rewrites the familiar narrative of the relation between Puritan religious culture and New England’s economic culture as a history of the primary discourse that connected them: service. The understanding early Puritans had of themselves as God’s servants and earthly masters was …
Shreds of Matter
Cormac McCarthy and the Concept of Nature
Av Julius Greve
Inbunden, 2019
947 kr
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Shreds of Matter: Cormac McCarthy and the Concept of Nature offers a nuanced and innovative take on the writer’s ostensible localism and, along with it, the ecocentric perspective on the world that is assumed by most critics. In opposing the standard interpretations of McCarthy’s novels as critical …
Shreds of Matter
Cormac McCarthy and the Concept of Nature
Av Julius Greve
Häftad, 2019
453 kr
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Shreds of Matter: Cormac McCarthy and the Concept of Nature offers a nuanced and innovative take on the writer’s ostensible localism and, along with it, the ecocentric perspective on the world that is assumed by most critics. In opposing the standard interpretations of McCarthy’s novels as critical …
Hemispheric Imaginations
North American Fictions of Latin America
Inbunden, 2017
947 kr
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What image of Latin America have North American fiction writers created, found, or echoed, and how has the prevailing discourse about the region shaped their work? How have their writings contributed to the discursive construction of our southern neighbors, and how has the literature undermined …
Hemispheric Imaginations
North American Fictions of Latin America
Häftad, 2017
453 kr
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What image of Latin America have North American fiction writers created, found, or echoed, and how has the prevailing discourse about the region shaped their work? How have their writings contributed to the discursive construction of our southern neighbors, and how has the literature undermined …
