
Americanisms
Discourses of Exception, Exclusion, Exchange
Michael Steppat(Editor)
Universitätsverlag Winter
1st Edition
Published in April 2009
Book
Hardback
X, 406 pages
978-3-8253-5487-9 (ISBN)
Description
The idea of a distinctive and even exceptional character of American society and culture has long enjoyed persuasive power. It has lastingly affected not only the self-images of the United States, but also perceptions from without. Canada as well as further North American cultures and regions, too, sometimes embrace a topos resembling that of the exceptional. This volume employs diverse methodical approaches from the humanities together with the social and geographical sciences to explore the North American contents of the topos of Americanism, which have become decisive for the project of the modern. Transdisciplinary exchange opens an opportunity to re-assess the effects and dynamic metamorphoses of Americanism. The protean shapes of identification with or counter-identification against the United States, and at times Canada, are vital for the acceleration rate of cultural innovation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
22 Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Weight
588 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8253-5487-9 (9783825354879)
Schweitzer Classification