ISBN:
9783631665473
Language:
English
Pages:
206 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
New Americanists in Poland Band 9
Series Statement:
New Americanists in Poland
DDC:
306.0973/0905
Keywords:
National characteristics, American
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Popular culture History 21st century
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Film
;
Fernsehsendung
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Nationalbewusstsein
Abstract:
"The essays in this book offer an overview of literary works, films, TV series, and computer games, which reflect current social and political developments since the beginning of this century. The authors probe the many ways in which repression and expression are the primary keywords for understanding contemporary American life and culture"--
Note:
Negative mobilities
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#effyourbeautystandards: Body positivity movements as an expression of feminist identity
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Eye(s) in the sky: Icons of war and techno-gaze in contemporary audiovisual culture
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Portraits painterly and poetic: John Ashbery and Gerhard Richter
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The dynamic space of divinity and ontology in Mark Z. Danielewski's 'House of leaves'
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Self-expression and secual repression in Joyce Carol Oates's "The white cat" and 'Beasts'
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A space in-between genders: Rethinking the American bildungsroman from an intersex perspective
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Expressing the uncertainty, reflecting memory: The role of memorabilia in Alison Bechdel's 'Fun home'
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Representaion of asexuality in 'The big bang theory'
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Intergenerational transmission of trauma in Tracy Letts's 'August: Osage County'
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Affect and memory in Toni Morrison's 'God help the child'
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A sense of otherness: Auditory-gustatory synesthesia and cultural identity in Monique Truong's 'Bitter in the mouth'
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Text, image and sound: Artistic tiers in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's 'Queen of dreams'
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A new take on "The mournful and never ending remembrance": Personal loss and the trauma of history in E. L. Doctorow's 'Andrew's brain'
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Repression and control in a post-panoptic anti-utopian state: The Radch empire in Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch triology
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Emotion management and damage control: Navigating global reality in William Gibson's Bigend trilogy
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Player as a victim of repression and a tool of oppression in the totalitarian world of 'Papers, please'
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