Bibliograph

Placing America, American culture and its spaces, Michael Fuchs, Maria-Theresia Holub (eds.)

Type

Label

Placing America, American culture and its spaces, Michael Fuchs, Maria-Theresia Holub (eds.)

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Placing America

Oclc number

827924316

Responsibility statement

Michael Fuchs, Maria-Theresia Holub (eds.)

Series statement

American studies, v. 3

Sub title

American culture and its spaces

Summary

In ¿Call Me Ishmael±, Charles Olson exclaims ¿SPACE to be the central fact to man born in America±. Indeed, from the start, history and identity in America have been intricately tied to issues of space: from the idea of the ¿city upon a hill± to the transnational (soft) power of the United States, space has always served as an important parameter of power gained or lost and of the struggles to maintain or resist it. With contributions that range from the construction of America in (European) academic discourses to children's fiction, this collection provides an extensive and insightful study of how space influences our understanding of America--, Provided by Publisher

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