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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.

Book details

• Full title: American Lives
• Author: Alfred Hornung
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 563
• EAN: 9783825361792
• ISBN: 3825361799
• ID: 05293944
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Weight: 768 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 153 × 39 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. June 2013

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