| Description |
1 online resource (637 pages) |
| Series |
Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature, 47 ; v. v. 47 |
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Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature, 47
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| Contents |
Table of Contents; American Studies from an International American Studies Perspective; International, Transnational, Hemispheric America; American Social, Ethical, and Religious Mentalities; Comparative Perspectives, Literary Counterpoints; American Identities; Space and Place in American Studies; Notes on Contributors |
| Summary |
How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that "America" be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of "America": which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by "far"--Distance, discursive formations, i |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Comparative literature -- Congresses
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Civilization
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Comparative literature
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Education
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| SUBJECT |
America -- Civilization -- Congresses
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United States -- Study and teaching -- Congresses
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| Subject |
America
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Giles, Paul
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Kadir, Djelal
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Zamora, Lois Parkinson
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| ISBN |
9789401201889 |
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9401201889 |
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