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The omnipresence of America and the absence of American studies
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 4, Issue 1 (31 Oct. 2021), pp.6-22, 17 p.
Publisher
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Publication Date
2021-10-31
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This article addresses the near absence of American Studies, as an Academic discipline, and in cultural and intellectual debates on America in the Arab world.
This absence prevails despite — and to a large extent due to — the overwhelming political, economic, media and cultural presence of the UnitedStates in the Arab region and the third world.
It persists despite the preoccupation with the US presence and the divisive, if not contradictory love/hate feelings about it.
The polarization between clichéd positions does not leave a space for an analysis of American foreign policy based on an informed critique of US domestic policies.
Critical Cultural Studies and Transnationalism appro States, but it is not of use in the American Studies outside America, where American Studies cannot be a sort of critical cultural studies.
The only way to study America in the third world is to use social sciences and humanities tools to generate Area Studies of the United States.
In any case, the author believes that before they were globalized, modern social sciences in general emerged as "Area Studies" of European societies — and non-European societies — by Europeans.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bisharah, Azmi. 2021. The omnipresence of America and the absence of American studies. AlMuntaqa،Vol. 4, no. 1, pp.6-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1403287
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bisharah, Azmi. The omnipresence of America and the absence of American studies. AlMuntaqa Vol. 4, no. 1 (Sep. / Oct. 2021), pp.6-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1403287
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bisharah, Azmi. The omnipresence of America and the absence of American studies. AlMuntaqa. 2021. Vol. 4, no. 1, pp.6-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1403287
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Includes in-text citations
Record ID
BIM-1403287