American Mobilities Geographies of Class, Race, and Gender in US Culture

• Main Author: Leyda, Julia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2016
• Series: American Culture Studies
• Subjects: Cultural studies; Literature; Film; Culture; USA; Mobility; Capital Flows; Labour Flows; Contemporary History; Great Depression; Global Financial Crisis; Cultural Studies; America; American Studies; American History; Cultural History; Hollywood; Los Angeles; Middle class; Race and ethnicity in the United States Census; Racism; United States; Western (genre)
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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, Leyda 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.