American Cultural Studies: An Introduction To American Culture

This much-needed update of "American Cultural Studies "has been updated throughout to take into account the developments of the last seven years and provides an introduction to the central themes in modern American culture and explores how these themes can be interpreted.
Chapters in the book discuss the various aspects of American cultural life such as religion, gender and sexuality, and regionalism, and updates and revisions include:
* topics will be given more historical context to help students who are new to the subject
* boxed-case studies
* a glossary that will help students who are new to the subject as key terms will be defined
* further-reading lists will be update
* a heavily revised first chapter, rewritten to bring in a historical perspective
* more thorough discussion on globalization and Americanization
As its previous edition did before, "American Cultural Studies, "second edition will become a staple text on the reading lists of American studies students.