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American Mobilities: Geographies of Class, Race, and Gender in US Culture
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Abstract American Mobilities investigates representations of mobility - social, economic, geographic - in American film and literature during the Depression, WWII, and the early Cold War. With an emphasis on the dual meaning of "domestic," referring to both the family home and the nation, this study traces t... view more
American Mobilities investigates representations of mobility - social, economic, geographic - in American film and literature during the Depression, WWII, and the early Cold War. With an emphasis on the dual meaning of "domestic," referring to both the family home and the nation, this study traces the important trope of mobility that runs through the "American" century. Juxtaposing canonical fiction with popular, and low-budget independent films with Classical Hollywood, the author brings the analytic tools of American cultural and literary studies to bear on an eclectic array of primary texts as she builds a case for the significance of mobility in the study of the United States.... view less
Keywords
literature; film; culture; United States of America; social class; social mobility; gender; race; contemporary history; cultural history
Classification
Science of Literature, Linguistics
Free Keywords
Capital Flows; Labour Flows; Great Depression; Global Financial Crisis; Cultural Studies; America; American Studies; American History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
215 p.
Series
American Culture Studies, 14
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839434550
ISBN
978-3-8394-3455-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0