American Lives
1. Edition, 2013
563 Pages
ISBN: 978-3-8253-6179-2
Product: Book
Edition: Hardcover
Subject: Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Series: American Studies – A Monograph Series, Volume No.: 234
Available: 04.06.2013
Keywords:
Life Writing, Autobiographik, Biographik, Selbstrepräsentation, Lebensbilder, Politik /U.S.A., Sozialgeschichte /U.S.A., Familienidentität, Mediengeschichte /U.S.A., Humanwissenschaften /i. d. Literatur, amerikanische Literatur
This volume focuses on religious, historical, literary, cultural and political models, developed in America, for the realization and representation of American lives. These original articles demonstrate the importance of different forms of life writing for the disciplines of American Studies. Experts in the field such as literary and cultural critics Sidonie Smith, Craig Howes, Birgit Däwes, historian Thomas Bender, and writer critic Siri Hustvedt among others cover the wide range of the presentation and performance of selves in colonial literature, nature writing, immigrant and campaign auto/biographies, religion, film, TV series, rap music, graphic presentations, comics, and sports. Addressing the transnational self-affirmations of American citizens in Hawai'i, the Caribbean islands, on reservations, and in urban ghettos they represent the diversified panorama of American lives.
Contrib. by: Alfred Hornung, Sidonie Smith, Thomas Bender, Craig Howes, Birgit Däwes, Siri Hustvedt, Patrick Erben, Carsten Junker, Kirsten Twelbeck, Hannah Spahn, Kathleen Loock, Markus Faltermeier, Kathy-Ann Tan, Cedric Essi, Christina Gerken, Jochen Ecke, Lukas Etter, Eva Boesenberg, Nassim Winnie Balestrini, Birgit M. Bauridl, Katja Kanzler, Dustin Breitenwischer, Christoph Ribbat, Frank Mehring, Julia Faisst, Birgit Capelle, Dirk Vanderbeke, Henrike Lehngut, Martin Holtz, Jan D. Kucharzewski, Mita Banerjee, Ralf Dahm, Norbert W. Paul, Julia Watson
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