"How do theories, methods, and scholarly practices shape major research projects currently underway in American Studies? In twenty original essays, the contributors to Projecting American Studies interrogate their ongoing work in various interdisciplinary contexts, shedding lig…
Studying America before American studies -- The rise of American studies -- The subjects of American studies -- Methods and models of American studies -- The scales of American studies -- The politics of American studies. "American Studies: The Basics is an accessible and conci…
A new introduction to American studies
[This text] conveys ... the importance of American Studies. [The text] provides a comprehensive and re-evaluation of America's place in the world and the often tangled paths that led her theres. [It also] provides a contemporary view of the central themes and pre-occupations of …
In place of the entanglement of person and work that so strongly marks the artistic work of Andy Warhol, and settles it in the usual Pop Art context, Mèlanie-Chantal Deiss locates it within the cultural context of America's post-war period. Viewed from this perspective, Warhol's…
