Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Second Edition

Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Second Edition

Since its initial publication, scholars and students alike have turned toÂ Keywords for American Cultural StudiesÂ as an invaluable resource for understanding key terms and debates in the fields of American studies and cultural studies. As scholarship has continued to evolve, this revised and expanded second edition offers indispensable meditations on new and developing concepts used in American studies, cultural studies, and beyond. It is equally useful for college students who are trying to understand what their teachers are talking about, for general readers who want to know whatâ€™s new in scholarly research, and for professors who just want to keep up.

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Designed as a print-digital hybrid publication,Â KeywordsÂ collects more than 90 essaysâ€”30 of which are new to this editionâ€”from interdisciplinary scholars, each on a single term such as â€œAmerica,â€ â€œculture,â€ â€œlaw,â€ and â€œreligion.â€ Â Alongside â€œcommunity,â€ â€œprison,â€ "queer," â€œregion,â€ and many others, these words are the nodal points in many of todayâ€™s most dynamic and vexed discussions of political and social life, both inside and outside of the academy. TheÂ KeywordsÂ website, which features 33 essays, provides pedagogical tools that engage the entirety of the book, both in print and online.

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The publication brings together essays by scholars working in literary studies and political economy, cultural anthropology and ethnic studies, African American history and performance studies, gender studies and political theory. Some entries are explicitly argumentative; others are more descriptive. All are clear, challenging, and critically engaged. Â As a whole,Â Keywords for American Cultural StudiesÂ provides an accessible A to Z survey of prevailing academic buzzwords and a flexible tool for carving out new areas of inquiry.Â
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VisitÂ keywords.nyupress.orgÂ for online essays, teaching resources, and more.Â

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	2
EISBN	9780814707975
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	NYU Press
Manufacturer	NYU Press
NumberOfPages	306
PublicationDate	2014-12-19
Publisher	NYU Press
ReleaseDate	2014-12-19
Studio	NYU Press

Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Second Edition

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