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OverviewPracticing Transnationalism explores the challenges of teaching American studies in the Middle East during a time of tension and conflict between the United States and the region. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, American studies programs began to spread in the Middle East. During a time of rising anti-American sentiment, ten major programs were established in the region. What impulses propelled universities in the Middle East to establish these centers and programs? What motivated students to take courses and pursue degrees in American studies? In part, American studies programs developed as a way to ""know the enemy,"" to better understand America's ubiquitous influence in foreign relations, technology, and culture; however, some programs grew because residents admired the ideals set forth as American, including democracy and free speech. Practicing Transnationalism investigates these issues and others, using the experiences and research of the editors and contributors, who worked either directly in these programs or as adjunct to them. These scholars seek to understand what American power means to people in the Middle East. They examine the challenge of developing American studies programs in a transnational paradigm, striving to build programs that are separate from and critical of American imperialism without simply becoming anti-American. In the essays, the contributors provide context for how the field of American studies has grown and developed, and they offer views of cultural interactions and classroom situations, demonstrating the problems instructors faced and how they worked to address them. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eileen T. Lundy , Edward J. LundyPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781477309285ISBN 10: 1477309284 Pages: 281 Publication Date: 06 September 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational 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 ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Questions and Challenges 1. The American Question (Patrick McGreevy) 2. The Politics of American-Style Higher Education in the Middle East (Neema Noori) Part II. Contexts and Implications 3. The American Liberal Education System and Its Development at the American University of Beirut (Betty Anderson) 4. Shifting the Gorilla: The Failure of the American Unipolar in the Middle East (Scott Lucas) 5. Discourse, Palestine, and the Authoritative News Media (Luke Peterson) Part III. Cultural Encounters 6. Arabic Poetry in America (Hani Ismail Elayyan) 7. The Stones We Throw Are Rhymes: Imagining America in Palestinian Hip-Hop (David A. McDonald) Part IV. Classroom Encounters 8. American Studies in the Arabian Gulf: Teaching American Politics in Bahrain (Colin Cavell) 9. Waiting for Hasan: Lewis Hine, Service Learning, and the Practical Pedagogy of American Studies (Kate Sampsell-Willmann) 10. Teaching in the Middle East: Partial Cosmopolitanism (Edward J. Lundy) ContributorsReviewsAuthor InformationEileen T. Lundy is professor emerita of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio and former professor of American studies at the University of Jordan. Edward J. Lundy is a former professor of humanities at Austin Community College and former visiting professor of American studies at the University of Jordan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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