American Studies in the Age of New Area Studies (Routledge New Area Studies)

Corbould, Clare; Emmett, Hilary; Garland, Sarah; McLaughlin, Malcolm; Ruys Smith, Thomas; Wills, John

ISBN 10: 1041137419 / ISBN 13: 9781041137412

Published by Routledge, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Studies in the Age of New Area Studies (Routledge New Area Studies)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1041137419
• ISBN 13: 9781041137412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book explores what it means to study America in the twenty-first century and what the emergence of the field of New Area Studies means for the development of American Studies.

By analysing the meaning of interdisciplinarity, aesthetics, temporality, and periodisation, this book reveals both fields of study through the lens of interdisciplinary cases studies, innovative methodologies, and a global perspective. Exploring the imagined geographies of America across space and time, this book rethinks the meaning and production of place, and questions what ―and where―it means to study America now.

By addressing the key issues of nation, place and people in this new disciplinary moment, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of American Studies and Area Studies.

About the Author

Clare Corbould is Associate Professor of History at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Hilary Emmett is Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Sarah Garland is a writer and researcher at the New Area Studies Research Centre, University of East Anglia, UK.

Malcolm McLaughlin is Professor of Cultural History at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Thomas Ruys Smith is Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of East Anglia, UK.

John Wills is Professor in Film and Media at the University of Kent, UK, and co-editor of the European Journal of American Culture (Intellect).