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Full-Text Articles in American Studies
Transforming English With Graphic Novels: Moving Toward Our "Optimus Prime", James Carter
Transforming English With Graphic Novels: Moving Toward Our "Optimus Prime", James Carter
James B Carter
I argue for the transformative potential of graphic novels in the English classroom.
Armored Bodies, Elaine Cardenas, Ellen Gorman, Joanne Dillman
Armored Bodies, Elaine Cardenas, Ellen Gorman, Joanne Dillman
Joanne Clarke Dillman
The Hummer: Myths and Consumer Culture is a study of the notorious automobile/sports utility vehicle. Featuring more than fifteen essays, this collection analyzes the Hummer through a wide array of disciplines, including material culture, marketing and advertising, popular culture, military technology, urban planning, and political economy. It provides a complete overview of the vehicle: production, marketing aspects, and cultural significance. The only book of its kind, The Hummer is of great value to cultural studies and American studies scholars and students, as well as to any general reader with an interest in contemporary American culture.
Building Literacy Connections With Graphic Novels: Page By Page, Panel By Panel, James Carter
Building Literacy Connections With Graphic Novels: Page By Page, Panel By Panel, James Carter
James B Carter
A book devoted to using graphic novels in the classroom for authentic literacy experiences, focusing upon pairing graphica with young adult or canonical texts. The URL is to the book's page at the publisher's.
Carving A Niche: Graphic Novels In The English Language Arts Classroom, James Carter
Carving A Niche: Graphic Novels In The English Language Arts Classroom, James Carter
James B Carter
An introduction to the roles that graphic novels can play in the secondary English Language Arts classroom.
Imagetext In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, James Carter
Imagetext In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, James Carter
James B Carter
Notions of WJT Mitchell's imagetext are explored as they are revealed in Mark Haddon's young adult novel *The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time*. Christopher Boone's particular way of reading the world illuminates imagetext relationships.
Why The Rwandan Genocide Seemed Like A Drive-By Shooting: The Crisis Of Race, Culture, And Policy In The African Diaspora, Seneca Vaught
Why The Rwandan Genocide Seemed Like A Drive-By Shooting: The Crisis Of Race, Culture, And Policy In The African Diaspora, Seneca Vaught
Seneca Vaught
From the American perspective, the Rwandan genocide developed amidst a cultural and racial crisis of the 1990s. The American attitude towards the crisis in Kigali provides a complex historical case study on how race and culture have profound and often-ignored policy implications. Specifically, the lack of American intervention in Rwanda reveals the complexity race and policy in American history and the shared fates of Africans throughout the world. Taken as a whole, the domestic cultural background of the early 1990s, including the rise of gangsta rap, rioting, and the dilemma of "black-on-black crime," collectively influenced American policy towards Africa at …