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American Economies
American Studies - A Monograph Series 219
ISBN/EAN: 9783825360221
Umbreit-Nr.: 3184416
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: VIII, 455 S., 13 Fotos
Format in cm: 3.1 x 21.7 x 14.5
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 25.05.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
- Zusatztext
- American economies are hotly and controversially debated both within the United States and abroad. While most discussions focus exclusively on financial resources, this volume takes a more comprehensive approach, analysing interrelations between financial and cultural capital in different historical contexts and from a variety of perspectives. It addresses the 2008 financial crisis as well as representations of economics in literary texts and films, the usage of metaphors in economic theory, opportunities for interdisciplinary dialogues between economics and cultural studies, and the complex intersections of economics and aesthetics. Topics discussed range from piratical economies in seventeenth century literature to ecology and economics in recent movies, gentrification, and economics and health. With its readings of financial, narrative, libidinal and visual economies, the collection offers a broad spectrum of critical engagements with American economies both past and present.