American Cultural Studies: An Introduction to American Culture - Tapa dura

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"Like previous editions, the fourth edition of Campbell and Kean's American Cultural Studies manages to address some of the most pertinent issues in American Cultural Studies in a manner that is thought-provoking yet brief. The text blends history, theory, and analysis into a narrative that is intriguing, conceptually challenging, yet accessible for introductory humanities courses; the updated chapters on ethnicity and immigration, religion, and freedom are especially noteworthy in this regard."

Veronica McComb, Lenoir-Rhyne University, USA

Lee Sartain, University of Portsmouth, UK

Frederik Byrn Køhlert, University of Calgary, Canada

Chris Gair, University of Glasgow, UK

Tom Idema, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

I've found American Cultural Studies to be a really strong and engaging text for American Studies students – both undergraduates and beginning Master's students. The authors get at key American themes and ideas, successfully elucidating their nuances and complexities and putting them into useful contexts. The international perspective (from writers not based in the USA) further enriches this look at American culture and the new edition includes timely updates so that the examples and case studies remain current."

Stephanie A. Tingley, Youngstown State University, USA

Reseña del editor

Exploring the central themes in modern American cultural studies and discussing how these themes can be interpreted, American Cultural Studies offers a wide-ranging overview of different aspects of American cultural life such as religion, gender and sexuality, regionalism, and ethnicity and immigration.

The fourth edition has been revised throughout to take into account the developments of the last four years. Updates and revisions include:

• discussion of Barack Obama's time in the White House
• consideration of 'Hemispheric American Studies' and the increasing debates about globalisation and the international role of the USA
• long-form television and American Studies
• up-to-date case studies, such as Girls, The Wire and Orange is the New Black
• more material on Detroit, the Mexican border, same-sex relationships and Islam in America
• updated further reading lists and new follow-up work.

Illustrated throughout, containing follow-up questions and further reading at the end of each chapter, and accompanied by a companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/campbell) providing further study resources, American Cultural Studies is a core text and an accessible guide to the interdisciplinary study of American culture.