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

American Mobilities: Geographies of Class, Race, and Gender in US Culture
ISBN-10
3837634558
ISBN-13
9783837634556
Category
American literature
Language
English
Published
2016
Publisher
Transcript Publishing
Author
Julia Leyda

Description

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, 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.

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