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Global Perspectives on the United States: Pro-Americanism, Anti-Americanism, and the Discourses Between
Virginia Dominguez
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Description for Global Perspectives on the United States: Pro-Americanism, Anti-Americanism, and the Discourses Between
Paperback. Editor(s): Dominguez, Virginia; Desmond, Jane. Series: Global Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
This daring collaborative effort showcases dialogues between international scholars engaged with the United States from abroad. The writers investigate the analytic methods and choices that label certain talk, images, behaviors, and allusions as "American" and how to read the data on such material. The editors present the essays in pairs that overlap in theme or region. Each author subsequently comments on the other's work. A third scholar or team of scholars from a different discipline or geographic location then provides another level of analysis. Contributors: Andrzej Antoszek, Sophia Balakian, Zsófia Bán, Sabine Bröck, Ian Condry, Kate Delaney, Jane C. Desmond, ... Read more
This daring collaborative effort showcases dialogues between international scholars engaged with the United States from abroad. The writers investigate the analytic methods and choices that label certain talk, images, behaviors, and allusions as "American" and how to read the data on such material. The editors present the essays in pairs that overlap in theme or region. Each author subsequently comments on the other's work. A third scholar or team of scholars from a different discipline or geographic location then provides another level of analysis. Contributors: Andrzej Antoszek, Sophia Balakian, Zsófia Bán, Sabine Bröck, Ian Condry, Kate Delaney, Jane C. Desmond, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Global Studies of the United States
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252082337
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V9780252082337
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About Virginia Dominguez
Virginia R. Dominguez is the Gutgsell Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of several books including People as Subject, People as Object: Selfhood and Peoplehood in Contemporary Israel. Jane C. Desmond is professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of Displaying Death/ Animating Life: Human-Animal Relations in ... Read more
Reviews for Global Perspectives on the United States: Pro-Americanism, Anti-Americanism, and the Discourses Between
"A fascinating, timely, and provocative intervention into current debates and discussions within the field of American Studies."
Nick Selby, editor of Comparative American Studies "Lively and the format adds to the excitement and informative dialogue. The scholarship builds a depth and richness into the discussion and contributes to our understanding of a challenging set of questions."
Ida Susser, author ... Read more
Nick Selby, editor of Comparative American Studies "Lively and the format adds to the excitement and informative dialogue. The scholarship builds a depth and richness into the discussion and contributes to our understanding of a challenging set of questions."
Ida Susser, author ... Read more