A Concise Companion to American Studies (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies)

A Companion to American Studies is an essential volume that brings together voices and scholarship from across the spectrum of American experience. A collection of 22 original essays which provides an unprecedented introduction to the "new" American Studies: a comparative, transnational, postcolonial and polylingual disciplineAddresses a variety of subjects, from foundations and backgrounds to the field, to different theories of the “new” American Studies, and issues from globalization and technology to transnationalism and post-colonialismExplores the relationship between American Studies and allied fields such as Ethnic Studies, Feminist, Queer and Latin American StudiesDesigned to provoke discussion and help students and scholars at all levels develop their own approaches to contemporary American Studies There Is No More Masterful Guide To The Field Of American Studies Than John Carlos Rowe. In This Volume, He Brings Together Some Of The Most Articulate Scholars In The Field To Map Out The Key Issues Defining American Studies Scholarship At Its Most Exciting And Relevant. This Book Is An Impressive Introduction To The Key Issues Of The Field Today.marita Sturken, New York University The Stunning And Compelling Essays Collected In This Comprehensive Volume By John Rowe Provide An Essential Guide To The Transformation Of The Field Of American Studies For The 21st Century.george J. Sanchez, University Of Southern California A Concise Companion To American Studies Offers A Variety Of Approaches To The New American Studies, Including Its Relations To Allied Fields Such As Ethnic, Gender, Cultural, Postcolonial, And Media Studies. The Volume Is Divided Into Four Parts: Foundations And Backgrounds; Ethnic Studies And American Studies; The New American Studies; And Problems And Issues. Combining Historical Essays With, Theoretical And Polemical Issues, This Companion Is Designed To Provoke Discussion And Help Students And Scholars At All Levels Develop Their Own Approaches To The Diverse Areas Included In Contemporary American Studies--book Jacket. Edited By John Carlos Rowe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A Companion to American Studies is an essential volume that brings together voices and scholarship from across the spectrum of American experience. A collection of 22 original essays which provides an unprecedented introduction to the'new'American Studies: a comparative, transnational, postcolonial and polylingual discipline Addresses a variety of subjects, from foundations and backgrounds to the field, to different theories of the “new” American Studies, and issues from globalization and technology to transnationalism and post-colonialism Explores the relationship between American Studies and allied fields such as Ethnic Studies, Feminist, Queer and Latin American Studies Designed to provoke discussion and help students and scholars at all levels develop their own approaches to contemporary American Studies