Introduction: Testing Times for American Studies
Authors : Laurence Raw
Pages : 1-3
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Publication Date : 2015-04-01
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Abstract :In the light of two recent calls for papers received by our office, it seems that American Studies is in a highly transitional state. The first, for a session at MLA 2016 in the "Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities” division, solicits contributions on "After Transnational American Studies,” with subject-areas covering "transnationality, Americanity, globality, planetarity, empire and/or the anthroposcene” "CFP: After Transnational.” These categories seem especially intriguing, not so much for what they cover as for what they omitKeywords :