Placing America - American Culture and its Spaces

In »Call Me Ishmael«, Charles Olson exclaims »SPACE to be the central fact to man born in America«. Indeed, from the start, history and identity in America have been intricately tied to issues of space: from the idea of the »city upon a hill« to the transnational (soft) power of the United States, space has always served as an important parameter of power gained or lost and of the struggles to maintain or resist it.
With contributions that range from the construction of America in (European) academic discourses to children's fiction, this collection provides an extensive and insightful study of how space influences our understanding of America.

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»The ongoing discussion of spaces and spatiality as well as of the opposition of space and place are certainly enriched by this volume, which offers new insight into a complex topic and features innovative, substantial, and inspiring essays.«

Katharina Christ, Amerikastudien, 60 (2016) 20160425

Product details

• Assisted by: Michael Fuchs (Editor), Maria-Theresia Holub (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2013
• EAN: 9783837620801
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-2080-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: 11 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: American Culture Studies; American Studies - A Monograph Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general)