A Companion to American Studies is an essential volume thatbrings together voices and scholarship from across the spectrum ofAmerican experience.
* A collection of 22 original essays which provides anunprecedented introduction to the "new" American Studies: acomparative, transnational, postcolonial and polylingualdiscipline
* Addresses a variety of subjects, from foundations andbackgrounds to the field, to different theories of the"new" American Studies, and issues from globalizationand technology to transnationalism and post-colonialism
* Explores the relationship between American Studies and alliedfields such as Ethnic Studies, Feminist, Queer and Latin AmericanStudies
* Designed to provoke discussion and help students and scholarsat all levels develop their own approaches to contemporary AmericanStudies