{"product_id":"global-perspectives-on-the-united-states-9780252082337","title":"Global Perspectives on the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating, timely, and provocative intervention into current debates and discussions within the field of American Studies.\"--Nick Selby, editor of \u003ci\u003eComparative American Studies \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Lively and the format adds to the excitement and informative dialogue. The scholarship builds a depth and richness into the discussion and contributes to our understanding of a challenging set of questions.\"--Ida Susser, author of \u003ci\u003eNorman Street: Poverty and Politics in an Urban Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An interesting, uniquely structured work . . . Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eGlobal Perspectives on the United States\u003c\/i\u003e offers rich, interesting, innovative, and thought-provoking reflections on the process of assimilation, adaptation, and transformation of American values and cultural expressions, within different contexts. The book . . . shows the utility and complexity of constructivist approaches in international and social studies.\"--\u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix Prologue: Reading \"America\" Across and Against the Grain of Public Discourse xi Jane C. Desmond Introduction: The \"American\" Conundrum-Criticism, Attraction, and Antagonisms 1 Virginia R. Dominguez, with Sophia Balakian PART I. WHOSE \"AMERICA\"? WHOSE \"ANTI-AMERICANISM\"? 1. Internationalizing African American Studies, Too: White (West) German Responses to the Civil Rights Movement 31 Sabine Broeck 2. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anti-Americanism: An Italian Perspective 46 Giorgio Mariani Second Look-Sabine Broeck on Giorgio Mariani 61 Second Look-Giorgio Mariani on Sabine Broeck 64 Third Look-Sophia Balakian on Mariani and Broeck- \"Sticks and Stones: Discourses of Anti-Americanism as Name-Calling\" 68 PART II. HISTORIES OF ENGAGEMENTS: TWO CASE STUDIES LOOKING AT DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION AND THEIR CONTEXTS 3. Americanization and Anti-Americanism in Poland: A Case Study, 1945-2006 73 Kate Delaney and Andrzej Antoszek  4. Americanization and Anti-American Attitudes in South Africa and Georgia: A Historical Snapshot from 2005 92 Loes Nas Second Look-Loes Nas on Kate Delaney and Andrzej Antoszek 103 Second Look-Sophia Balakian on Loes Nas 105 Third Look-Jane C. Desmond on Delaney \u0026amp; Antoszek and Nas-\"Reversing the Vectors of Analysis: Calibrating the 'Use Value' of Discourses of 'Americanism,' 'Americanization,' and 'Anti-Americanism'\" 109 PART III. DEBATING THE TERMS OF DEBATE 5. Kefaya and the New Politics of Anti-Americanism 115 Manar Shorbagy 6. Understanding Anti-Americanism in Central Asia 131 Edward Schatz Second Look-Manar Shorbagy on Edward Schatz 152 Second Look-Edward Schatz on Manar Shorbagy 155 Third Look-Seyed Mohammad Marandi on Schatz and Shorbagy-\"What Is Anti-Americanism?\" 157 Third Look-Ira Dworkin on Schatz and Shorbagy- \"Thinking Outside of America: The State, the Street, and Civil Society\" 161 PART IV. VISUAL ENGAGEMENTS AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS 7. Lost and Found in Translation: Problems of Cultural Translation in Hungary after 1989 169 Zsofia Ban 8. Westward Ho with Kholiwood: The Transnational Turn in the Neoliberal Marketplace 178 Richard Ellis Second Look-Richard Ellis on Zsofia Ban 201 Second Look-Zsofia Ban on Richard Ellis 205 Third Look-Ana Mauad on Ban and Ellis- An Imagined Community for the Twenty-First Century? 208  PART V. DISRUPTING BINARIES: WHOSE \"COUNTRY MUSIC\" AND WHOSE \"HIP-HOP\"? 9. Tales of the West: \"Americanization\" in an Era of \"Europeanization\" 217 Kristin Solli 10. Japanese Rappers, 9\/11, and Soft Power: Anti-American Sentiments in \"American\" Popular Culture 239 Ian Condry Second Look-Ian Condry on Kristin Solli 251 Second Look-Kristin Solli on Ian Condry 254 Third Look-Michael Titlestad on Solli and Condry- \"Dreaming America\" 258 PART VI. IS IT \"AMERICANIZATION\" OR \"PRO-AMERICANISM\"? THE AMERICAS, PAN-AMERICANISM, AND IMMIGRATION 11. \"Making Pals in Panama\": U.S.-Latin American Relations and the Trope of the Good Neighbor in Coca-Cola Advertising during the 1940s 265 Amy Spellacy 12. Americanism and Anti-Americanism of Mexican Immigrants in Los Angeles 290 Guillermo Ibarra Second Look-Guillermo Ibarra on Amy Spellacy 298 Second Look-Amy Spellacy on Guillermo Ibarra 304 Third Look-Virginia R. Dominguez on Spellacy and Ibarra-\"Not Just for Latin Americanists\" 308 Contributors 313 Index 319","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400505303383,"sku":"9780252082337","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252082337.jpg?v=1730470846","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-perspectives-on-the-united-states-9780252082337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}