Global Perspectives On The United States: Pro-Americanism, Anti-Americanism, And The Discourses Between

A kaleidoscopic view of America from abroad. A daring collaborative effort, this volume showcases dialogues between international scholars engaged with the United States from abroad. The writers investigate the analytic methods and choices that label certain talk, images, behaviors, and allusions as "American" and how to read the data on such material. Seeking to capture the immense complexities behind labels like "Pro-American" and "Anti-American," the editors present the essays in pairs that overlap in theme or region. Each author subsequently comments on the other's work. A third scholar or team of scholars from a different discipline or geographic location then provides another level of analysis. The cross-cut works invite readers to embrace differing viewpoints and ideas of what constitutes evidence in discovering new intellectual vistas, and to apply their own areas of expertise to furthering each debate.