1st Edition

America First Naming the Nation in US Film

Edited By Mandy Merck Copyright 2007
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

At a time when the expanded projection of US political, military, economic and cultural power draws intensified global concern, understanding how that country understands itself seems more important than ever. This collection of new critical essays tackles this old problem in a new way, by examining some of the hundreds of US films that announce themselves as titularly 'American'. From early... Read more

Introduction Mandy Merck  1. The Little American Kristen Whissel  2. The Vanishing American William R Handley  3. American Madness Eric Smoodin  4. An American Romance Rembert Hüser  5. An American in Paris Pam Cook  6. The Quiet American Peter William Evans  7. The Americanization of Emily Sharon Willis  8. American Graffiti Barry Langford  9. American Gigolo H. N. Lukes  10. An American Werewolf in London Diane Negra  11. American Me Ana María Dopico  12. American History X Paul Smith  13. American Pie Mandy Merck  14. American Splendor Esther Leslie

Biography

Mandy Merck is Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of Perversions: Deviant Readings (1993), In Your Face: Nine Sexual Studies (2000) and Hollywood's American Tragedies (forthcoming 2007). She is editor of After Diana (1998) and co-editor of Coming Out of Feminism (1998) and The Art of Tracey Emin (2002).