ISBN:
9783839420805
Language:
German
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
American Culture Studies 3
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Nation
;
Culture
;
Media
;
Space
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Cultural studies
;
American Studies
;
Identity
;
Literary Studies
;
Raum
;
Raum
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Literatur
;
USA
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
;
USA
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Raum
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Raum
Abstract:
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
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