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"This is a fun book that overwhelmingly proves quite dedicated to serious intellectual inquiry even when it goes for the cute way in to a topic or theme." * Society for US Intellectual History *

Table of Contents
Introduction: The Object of American Studies

PART ONE: HISTORIES

1 • History and Historiography
2 • Four American Studies Mixtapes
3 • An Institutional History of American Studies (Or, What’s the Matter with Mixtapes?)

PART TWO METHODS

4 • Methods and Methodology
5 • Texts: An Interpretive Toolkit
6 • Archives: A Curatorial Toolkit
7 • Genres and Formations: An Analytical Toolkit
8 • Power: A Th eoretical Toolkit

PART THREE FROM JOTTING IT DOWN TO WRITING IT UP

9 • A Few Thoughts on Ideas and Arguments
10 • Dispenser: A Case Study

Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

American Studies A Users Guide

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 22/08/2017
      ISBN13: 9780520296794, 978-0520296794
      ISBN10: 0520296796

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "This is a fun book that overwhelmingly proves quite dedicated to serious intellectual inquiry even when it goes for the cute way in to a topic or theme." * Society for US Intellectual History *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: The Object of American Studies

      PART ONE: HISTORIES

      1 • History and Historiography
      2 • Four American Studies Mixtapes
      3 • An Institutional History of American Studies (Or, What’s the Matter with Mixtapes?)

      PART TWO METHODS

      4 • Methods and Methodology
      5 • Texts: An Interpretive Toolkit
      6 • Archives: A Curatorial Toolkit
      7 • Genres and Formations: An Analytical Toolkit
      8 • Power: A Th eoretical Toolkit

      PART THREE FROM JOTTING IT DOWN TO WRITING IT UP

      9 • A Few Thoughts on Ideas and Arguments
      10 • Dispenser: A Case Study

      Conclusion
      Acknowledgments
      Notes
      Index

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