What
is American Studies?
The term American studies encompasses a vast range of disciplines,
all of which, in one way or another, are trying to describe
the cultures of the United States. In recent years American
studies has also incorporated comparative studies of Canada
and Latin America; and indeed a transnational, global perspective
on American culture has become one of the leading currents
in the field as we begin the twenty-first century. Where,
after all, do the borders of America stop, when its influence
was, throughout the twentieth century, so pervasive on world
cultures?
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