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2009

American Literature

William & Mary

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American Studies, Cultural History, And The Critique Of Culture, Richard S. Lowry Jul 2009

American Studies, Cultural History, And The Critique Of Culture, Richard S. Lowry

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For several decades historians have expressed reservations about how scholars of American studies have embraced theory and its jargons. The program for a recent American studies convention seems to confirm the field’s turn from history and its embrace of the paradigms and practices of cultural studies. The nature of this gap is complicated by comparing scholarly work published since 2000 on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in the respective flagship journals of each field. Scholars in both fields are committed to the study of culture, but they differ in how they understand historical agency and subjectivity. A historical overview …


"Taking It Out!": Jayne Cortez's Collaborations With The Firespitters, Renee Michelle Kingan Jan 2009

"Taking It Out!": Jayne Cortez's Collaborations With The Firespitters, Renee Michelle Kingan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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The First Thing Out The Window: Race, Radical Feminism, And Marge Piercy's "Woman On The Edge Of Time", Kimberly Lynn Mann Jan 2009

The First Thing Out The Window: Race, Radical Feminism, And Marge Piercy's "Woman On The Edge Of Time", Kimberly Lynn Mann

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No abstract provided.