Notions of America : Swedish perspectives /

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Imprint:	Huddinge : Södertörns högskola ; Stockholm : Disbritution, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2004.
Description:	204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Södertörn academic studies, 1650-433X ; 15 English studies, 1651-4165 ; 2 English studies (Södertörns högskola) ; 2.
Subject:	American literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses. American literature. Civilization. Civilization -- American influences. Public opinion, Swedish. International relations. Study skills. United States -- Foreign public opinion, Swedish -- Congresses. United States -- Relations -- Sweden -- Congresses. Sweden -- Relations -- United States -- Congresses. Sweden -- Civilization -- American influences -- Congresses. United States -- Civilization -- Congresses. United States -- Study and teaching -- Sweden -- Congresses. Sweden. United States. Conference papers and proceedings. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5354812

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Other authors / contributors:	Shands, Kerstin W. Lundén, Rolf. Blanck, Dag. Södertörns högskola.
ISBN:	9189315316
Notes:	Proceedings of an international conference on American Studies held at Södertörn University College. Includes bibliographical references. committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction / Kerstin W. Shands, Rolf Lunden and Dag Blanck
2. Americanization or globalization? : themes and topics in a recurring debate / Erik Asard
3. Linguistic McDonaldization : myth or specter? / Marko Modiano
4. The Indian sports mascot as cultural stereotype in the United States and Europe / Ase Nygren
5. Reflections on a cultural contact zone : American popular literature in Sweden / Elisabeth Herion Sarafidis
6. Swedish television and American imports, 1956-1978 / Ulf Jonas Bjork
7. The new deal in Sweden / Martin Alm
8. The Myrdals and America / Dag Blanck
9. Fabrications of friendship? : the historiography of European-Indian friendship in the Delaware Valley / Gunlog Fur
10. State formation, representative assemblies, and resource mobilization : lessons from the United States in the Revolutionary Period / Max Edling
11. Lessons for a larger context : Patricia William's The alchemy of race and rights / Alan Shima
12. Double origin in Melville's Pierre / Hans Lofgren
13. Saving the white captive : Melville's Mardi and Hiram Powers' The Greek slave / Anna Hellen
14. For better for worse : attractive nuisance in Gail Godwin's Evensong / Kerstin W. Shands
15. Enduring emotions : recognizing emotion and emotional recognition in Alice McDermott's A bigamist's daughter and Richard Ford's The sportswriter / Bo G. Ekelund.

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