Inhaltszusammenfassung

Key Concepts in American Cultural History follows a twofold approach: It focuses on historical contexts that encompass central ideas and thoughts that are closely linked to particular epochs in American culture. It is based on the observation that, in spite of its diversity, American culture was and still is informed by a relatively limited set of ideas which are highly adaptable to new social and political situations. Thus, these ideas could be easily appropriated to individual and communal ...Key Concepts in American Cultural History follows a twofold approach: It focuses on historical contexts that encompass central ideas and thoughts that are closely linked to particular epochs in American culture. It is based on the observation that, in spite of its diversity, American culture was and still is informed by a relatively limited set of ideas which are highly adaptable to new social and political situations. Thus, these ideas could be easily appropriated to individual and communal needs for orientation and sense-making in a world that dramatically changed while America developed from a colonial society to an industrialized world power. The fact that the number of the concepts that define American culture is quite restricted has proven to be an enormous advantage in the formation of an 'American ideology', as the constant rearticulation of these conepts and their ensuing 'visibility' in the public sphere guaranteed widespread indentification with the beliefs and cultural norms they represented and propagated.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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DFG Fachgebiet:
1.15 - Literaturwissenschaft

DDC Sachgruppe:
Englische Literatur Amerikas