The International Turn in American Studies

• Other Authors: Messmer, Marietta (Editor), Frank, Armin Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2015
• Series: Interamericana 7
• Subjects: Classical texts; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; ELT background & reference material; Society & culture: general; American; Cross-cultural collaboration; Hemispheric Turn; International; Messmer; multilingualism; Studies; Transnationalism; Turn
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The volume is a contribution to the ongoing debate on the internationalization of American Studies. The essays by European, American and Latin American scholars provide critical evaluations of a wide range of concepts, including trans-national and post-national, international, trans-atlantic, trans-pacific, as well as hemispheric, inter-American and comparative American studies. Combining theoretical reflections and actual case studies, the collection proposes a reassessment of current developments at a time when American nations experience the paradoxical simultaneity of both weakened and strengthened national borders alongside multiple challenges to national sovereignty.