American Mobilities
Geographies of Class, Race, and Gender in US Culture
Author(s)
Leyda, Julia
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
101244Language
EnglishAbstract
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, and 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.
Keywords
Literature; Literature; Film; Culture; USA; Mobility; Capital Flows; Labour Flows; Contemporary History; Great Depression; Global Financial Crisis; Cultural Studies; America; American Studies; American History; Cultural History; Hollywood; Los Angeles; Middle class; Race and ethnicity in the United States Census; Racism; United States; Western (genre)ISBN
9783839434550OCN
936962932Publisher
transcript VerlagPublisher website
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/Publication date and place
Bielefeld, Germany, 2016-02-15Series
American Culture Studies,Classification
Cultural studies