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Publications in American Studies from German-Speaking Countries, 2016
Abby Russell,Ana Elisa Gomez Laris +1 more
- Vol. 62, Iss: 2, pp 333-390
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A bibliography of books and articles published in 2016 by Americanists from German-speaking countries is presented in this paper, with some supplementary entries from previous years, with a focus on German-language publications.Abstract:
This bibliography contains books and articles published in 2016 (with some supplementary entries from previous years) by Americanists from German-speaking countries. It lists those publications compiled by the American Studies departments of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and publications reported by individual DGfA members to the editorial office of Amerikastudien / American Studies. The subdivision is meant to facilitate orientation. The short titles used in some entries refer to the anthologies and Festschriften assembled in the first section, which are listed alphabetically by title.read more
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Reading Canticles in the Tradition of New England Millennialism: John Cotton and Cotton Mather’s Commentaries on the Song of Songs
TL;DR: Cotton and Mather as mentioned in this paper are widely recognised as key figures in the evolution of American Puritanism and are considered to be the founding fathers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a principal architect and apologist of the New England Way.
Tracing Afro Diasporic Histories: Translocational Storytelling and Entangled Afro Americas in Ntozake Shange’s Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo and Edwidge Danticat’s Brother I’m Dying
TL;DR: The first line of Danticat's book I’m Dying as mentioned in this paper describes the day she found out she was pregnant, the same day her father's rapid weight loss and chronic shortness of breath were positively diagnosed as end stage pulmonary fibrosis.
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The origins and nature of American nationalism
TL;DR: The authors analyzes the origins and nature of American nationalism and refutes the exceptionalist claim by applying recent findings in European nationalism research to the American case and reinterpreting American nationalism not as an introspective phenomenon but as a demarcation process.
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Attitudes towards Englishes in India
TL;DR: This paper studied Indian English speakers' attitudes towards their local variety Indian English contrastively by simultaneously examining their attitudes towards American English, British English, and Sri Lankan English, finding that although Indian speakers of English display a positive attitude towards Indian English, which is most pronounced with the group of young female informants possibly leading an ongoing linguistic change in India, the informants view British English in a more favourable light.
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From peaceful marches to violent clashes: a micro-situational analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, an exploratory study compared 20 peaceful and violent protests of the Global Justice Movement in the United States and Germany, and found that in those protests where violence emerges, a prior micro-situational pattern is systematically visible.
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"I Just Look at Books" : Reading the Monetary Metareality of 'Bleeding Edge'
TL;DR: The authors analyzes Bleeding Edge for its pervasive representation of money, arguing that it operates as a metareality in the novel both on the levels of plot and style. But money does exhibit a tendency towards moral corruption and their loss, but at the same time it eludes any complete control and remains an economic as well as symbolic tool that can undermine the very capitalist system it seems to perpetuate.
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‘Mummified objects’: superhero comics in the digital age
TL;DR: The museum-in-a-book format of publications such as The Marvel Vault: A Museum in a Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel and The Batman Vault: a Museum-in a Book Featuring Rare Collectible from the Batcave as discussed by the authors has been used to simulate the tactile pleasures and potentially auratic qualities of earlier forms of comic book production and reception in an attempt to thwart the looming demise of the printed superhero comic book as a popular medium.