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"The United States was born in the country", Richard Hofstadter once wrote, "and remained emotionally attached to it long after it had moved away", David B. Danbom added in his 'History of Rural America'. Thus it may be argued that the study of American culture and civilization, first and foremost, needs to make sense of the rural. This multidisciplinary volume focuses on rural America, on areas seemingly apart from the political, economic, and cultural centers of the nation. Despite this apparent marginality, the rural often proves to be constitutive not only of regional but also of other sub
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This volume sheds light on the nexus between knowledge and literature. Arranged historically, contributions address both popular and canonical English and US-American writing from the early modern period to the present. They focus on how historically specific texts engage with epistemological questions in relation to material and social forms as well as representation. The authors discuss literature as a culturally embedded form of knowledge production in its own right, which deploys narrative and poetic means of exploration to establish an independent and sometimes dissident archive. The worlds that imaginary texts project are shown to open up alternative perspectives to be reckoned with in the academic articulation and public discussion of issues in economics and the sciences, identity formation and wellbeing, legal rationale and political decision-making.
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Die Toten spielen eine gesellschaftspolitisch und kulturtheoretisch zentrale Rolle - sei es etwa in der Erinnerungspolitik oder hinsichtlich der Frage, wer wo bestattet und wie betrauert werden kann. Die Beiträger*innen aus Literaturwissenschaft und Politischer Theorie laden zu potenziell breiteren Lesarten einer »Politik der Toten« ein. Sie fragen nach der Möglichkeit, die Toten nicht nur als Objekte des Umgangs, sondern als Akteur*innen zu begreifen, deren Status in der Gesellschaft immer neu ausgelotet werden muss. Damit liefern sie neue Perspektiven auf die kulturellen und politischen Funktionen dieser besonderen Gruppe.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General. --- Cultural History. --- Cultural Theory. --- Dead. --- Funeral. --- Literary Studies. --- Literature. --- Political Science. --- Political Theory. --- Politics of Remembrance. --- Politics. --- Society.
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