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OverviewAfter American Studies is a timely critique of national and transnational approaches to community, and their forms of belonging and trans/patriotisms. Using reports in multicultural psychology and cultural neuroscience to interpret an array of cultural forms—including literature, art, film, advertising, search engines, urban planning, museum artifacts, visa policy, public education, and ostensibly non-state media—the argument fills a gap in contemporary criticism by a focus on what makes cultural canons symbolically effective (or not) for an individual exposed to them. The book makes important points about the limits of transnationalism as a paradigm, evidencing how such approaches often reiterate presumptive and essentialized notions of identity that function as new dimensions of exceptionalism. In response to the shortcomings in trans/national criticism, the final chapter initiates a theoretical consideration of a postgeographic and postcultural form of community (and of cultural analysis). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey Herlihy-MeraPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 8 Weight: 0.403kg ISBN: 9781138054059ISBN 10: 1138054054 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 20 July 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Critique of Transnational Approaches to Community 1. The Ontology of Cultural Groups in Modernity 2. Place-Making 3. Literature as a Device of Cultural Appropriation 4. A Coda to Literary Canons 5. Art and Power 6. Forced Acculturation 7. Transmedia Storytelling 8. Colonial Problems, Transnational American Studies 9. Imagining New CommunitiesReviewsAuthor InformationJeffrey Herlihy-Mera is associate professor in the Department of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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