Main street and empire :: the fictional small town in the age of globalization /

In Main Street and Empire, Ryan Poll argues that the small town, as evoked by the image of "Main Street," is not a relic of the past but rather a metaphorical screen upon which the nation's "everyday" stories and subjects are projected on both a national and global level. It...

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1. Verfasser: Poll, Ryan, 1975-
Körperschaft: American Literatures Initiative
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012.
Schriftenreihe:American literatures initiative
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Zusammenfassung:In Main Street and Empire, Ryan Poll argues that the small town, as evoked by the image of "Main Street," is not a relic of the past but rather a metaphorical screen upon which the nation's "everyday" stories and subjects are projected on both a national and global level. It brings together a wide range of literary, cultural, and political texts to examine how the small town is used to imagine and reproduce the nation throughout the twentieth- and into the twenty-first century
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813552941
081355294X
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