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" How far is America from Here? : "
edited by Theo D'haen [and others].
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BL
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995640
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b750010
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How far is America from Here? : : Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association, 22-24 May 2003 /\ edited by Theo D'haen [and others].
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Amsterdam ;New York, NY :: Rodopi,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Textxet ;; 47
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1 online resource (636 pages).
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1423791843
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: 9042017562
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9042016361
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9042017562
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9789042016361
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Congress held in Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Table of Contents; American Studies from an International American Studies Perspective; International, Transnational, Hemispheric America; American Social, Ethical, and Religious Mentalities; Comparative Perspectives, Literary Counterpoints; American Identities; Space and Place in American Studies; Notes on Contributors
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How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that "America" be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of "America": which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by "far"-distance, discursive formations, i.
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Comparative literature, Congresses.
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Civilization.
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Comparative literature.
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Education.
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HISTORY-- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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HISTORY.
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America, Civilization, Congresses.
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United States, Study and teaching, Congresses.
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America.
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United States.
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970
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E20.H69 2003eb
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Haen, Theo d'.
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International American Studies Association., World Congress(1st :2003 :, Leiden, Netherlands)
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