American Studies

O’Keefe presents a much needed reinterpretation of U.S.-American relations that utilizes all the international relations theories and conceptions of hegemony and applies them to events  associated with the presidencies of Bush II and Obama...

Looking at examples including picture books, young adult novels, and DC Comics, Lampert explores ethnic, national, and heroic identities in this pioneering and timely book that examines the ways in which cultural identities are constructed within young adult and children’s literature about the attac..

Looking at examples including picture books, young adult novels, and DC Comics, Lampert explores ethnic, national, and heroic identities in this pioneering and timely book that examines the ways in which cultural identities are constructed within young adult and children’s literature about the attac..

This book offers an overview of the literature on multicultural issues and assesses its approach to a range of issues that are of direct interest to minority communities within the USA._x000D_ This book was based on a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work...

This collection is an interdisciplinary edited volume that examines the circulation of Darwinian ideas in the Atlantic space as they impacted systems of Western thought and culture. Specifically, the book explores the influence of the principle tenets of Darwinism -- such as the theory of evolution,..

This book highlights women’s role in the disability rights movement by exploring how mothers of disabled children are propelled into activist roles when they encounter policies and restrictions that interfere with their capacity to perform what they believe is expected of them to be good mothers...

This book highlights women’s role in the disability rights movement by exploring how mothers of disabled children are propelled into activist roles when they encounter policies and restrictions that interfere with their capacity to perform what they believe is expected of them to be good mothers...

The relationship between ethics, politics, and poetics is here examined by Wrighton, in the study of twentieth-century experimental American poetry. Relying upon the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Wrighton charts the development of ethical praxis in experimental work from the Objectivists o..

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Through an examination of the two icons of the nineteenth century American temperance movement -- the self-made man and the crusading woman -- Fletcher demonstrates the evolving meaning and context of temperance and gender...

Hollywood has been involved in politics since its earliest days. This book documents the entertainment industry’s participation in American politics on both the Left and the Right. Spanning from the 1920s through today, this volume provides the student of history, politics, or film and media studies..

While immigration embodies America’s rhetorical commitment to democracy, it also showcases abysmal failures in democratic practice. Koulish examines these failures in terms of excessive executive powers circumventing the constitution, privatization, and right-wing subversion of local democracy...