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Author: Ashley Dawson ,
Malini Johar Schueller
Publisher: Duke University Press
Imprint: Duke University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.608kg
ISBN: 9780822338055
ISBN 10: 082233805
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 29 June 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In this superb collection, leading theorists of cultural imperialism adroitly expose why neoliberalism is dangerously beguiling to a nation torn between fear of terrorism and desire to maintain superpower hegemony. Moving from powerful critiques to essays that empower resistance, this volume shows how historical accounts of U.S. imperialism can serve as enabling acts for a democratic future in the making. --Lee Quinby, author of Millennial Seduction: A Skeptic Confronts Apocalyptic Culture Exceptional State is a timely and important collection of essays which together address crucial questions about change and continuity between the current imperial moment and the history of U.S. imperialism. --Amy Kaplan, coeditor of Cultures of United States Imperialism This is an absorbing collection of eleven essays by American academics exploring the relationship between American culture and its growing political and business empire. --Tribune, 25 APril 2008
Exceptional State is a timely and important collection of essays which together address crucial questions about change and continuity between the current imperial moment and the history of U.S. imperialism. -Amy Kaplan, coeditor of Cultures of United States Imperialism In this superb collection, leading theorists of cultural imperialism adroitly expose why neoliberalism is dangerously beguiling to a nation torn between fear of terrorism and desire to maintain superpower hegemony. Moving from powerful critiques to essays that empower resistance, this volume shows how historical accounts of U.S. imperialism can serve as enabling acts for a democratic future in the making. -Lee Quinby, author of Millennial Seduction: A Skeptic Confronts Apocalyptic Culture Exceptional State captures the cultural affirmation, and attendant psychological and sociological ramifications of US imperialism. These essays analyse the subtle and more overt ways the tentacles of hegemony permeate the lives of people all around the world... Exceptional State really is essential reading for anyone who fancies themselves as an enjoyer of freedom and democracy. Get it while you can! -- Megan Yarrow, M/C Reviews
Author Information
Ashley Dawson is Associate Professor of English at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island. He is author of Mongrel Nation: Diasporic Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Britain. Malini Johar Schueller is Professor of English at the University of Florida. She is the author of U.S. Orientalisms: Race, Nation, and Gender in Literature, 1790–1890 and The Politics of Voice: Liberalism and Social Criticism From Franklin to Kingston and a coeditor of Messy Beginnings: Postcoloniality and Early American Studies.
