Scholars from a wide array of disciplines describe and debate post colonialism as it applies to America in this authoritative and timely collection. Investigating topics such as law and public policy, immigration and tourism, narratives and discourses, race relations, and virtual communities, "Postcolonial America" clarifies and challenges prevailing conceptualizations of post colonialism and accepted understandings of American culture. Advancing multiple, even conflicted visions of postcolonial America, this important volume interrogates postcolonial theory and traces the emergence and significance of postcolonial practices and precepts in the United States. Contributors discuss how the unique status of the United States as the colony that became a superpower has shaped its sense of itself. They assess the global networks of inequality that have displaced neocolonial systems of conquest, exploitation, and occupation. They also examine how individuals and groups use music, the Internet, and other media to reconfigure, reinvent, and resist postcoloniality in American culture. Candidly facing the inherent contradictions of "the American experience", this collection demonstrates the patterns, connections, and histories characteristic of postcoloniality in America and initiates important discussions about how these conditions might be changed.
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"This splendid volume will prove an indispensable text for scholars in postcolonial studies and the new American studies." -- Donald E. Pease Jr., Avalon Professor of the Humanities, Dartmouth College "This collection of innovative and penetrating essays adds a new and much-needed dimension to public debate over a wide range of issues, including race, immigration, 'cultural defense,' 'coming-of-age' narratives, globalization, and public culture... A valuable contribution to American studies." -- Dilip Gaonkar, editor of Alter/Native Modernities: Millennial Quartet
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United States, New York, World War, Devils Tower, Native American, American Indian, Bishop Museum, New Mexico, New England, African American, Vietnam War, Asian American, Curt Teich Postcard Archives, New Americanists, Courtesy of the Lake County, Bear's Lodge, University of Chicago Press, Duke University Press, William Apess, The Empire Writes Back, Heart of Darkness, Oxford University Press, San Francisco, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin New!
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- Beyond A Boundary by C. L. R. James on 4 pages
- The American Adam (Phoenix Books) by R. W. B. Lewis on page 66, page 156, and page 169
- Sociology of the Global System by Professor Leslie Sklair on page 106, page 121, and page 196
- Racial Oppression in America by Bob Blauner in Front Matter, page 105, and page 119
- Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy on page 144, page 147, and page 152
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- Fictions of the Black Atlantic in American Foundational Literature (Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature) by Gesa Mackenthun on page 181, and Back Matter
- Messy Beginnings: Postcoloniality and Early American Studies by Malini Johar Schueller on page 43
- The Matrix in Theory (Critical Studies 29) by Myriam Diocaretz; Stefan Herbrechter (Eds.) on page 50
- Revolution and Pedagogy: Interdisciplinary and Transnational Perspectives on Educational Foundations by E. Thomas Ewing on page 40
- Asian North American Identities: Beyond the Hyphen by Eleanor Ty in Back Matter
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