The Futures of American Studies

by Donald E. Pease

Book Overview

Originating as a proponent of U.S. exceptionalism during the Cold War, American Studies has now reinvented itself, vigorously critiquing various kinds of critical hegemony and launching innovative interdisciplinary endeavors. The Futures of American Studies considers the field today and provides important deliberations on what it might yet become. Essays by both prominent and emerging scholars provide theoretically engaging analyses of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822329654
• ISBN13: 9780822329657
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.7"