American Studies Against Itself
I venture to say that no academic discipline has been criticized more harshly in recent years than American Studies. The objection used to be over the discipline’s lack of discipline. These days the complaint is over its lack of academic common sense. The condemnation of this “pariah of the United...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | I venture to say that no academic discipline has been criticized more harshly in recent years than American Studies. The objection used to be over the discipline’s lack of discipline. These days the complaint is over its lack of academic common sense. The condemnation of this “pariah of the United States higher-education establishment,” as the Chronicle of Higher Education put it in 2014, comes from both insiders and outsiders. Consider the titles of these disapproving essays: “The People’s ... |
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