Vol. 16, 2011

Volume 16

SPECIAL ISSUE
Post-Racial Americas: Cultural Studies in the Age of Barack Obama

GUEST EDITORS
DAVID BRIAN HOWARD, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
ADRIANA CECILIA NEAGU, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca


Contents

 

Page
Introduction
DAVID HOWARD and ADRIANA NEAGU 5
Post-Racial Americas: Cultural Studies in the Age of Barack Obama 11
Yes We Can and the Making of a (Post) Racial Super Slogan? 13
MARTIN PARLETT
Speaking of Race: American Dreams, American Nightmares 41
KARIN COPE
Ethnic – Postethnic – Transethnic? Black Identity in Contemporary African American Life Writing 67
YVONNE GUTENBERGER
Mystery on the Bayou: Of Addicts, Apparitions, Artists, Awards and a Buried Page of History 89
MERVYN HAGGER and ERIC GILDER
Reviews 107
Beth S. Wenger, History Lessons. The Creation of American Jewish Heritage 108
RALUCA MOLDOVAN
Wolfe, Alan and Ira Katznelson (eds.), Religion and Democracy in the United States: Danger or Opportunity? 113
SILVIA IRIMIEA
Review of James T. Kloppenberg, Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition 118
WILLIAM STEARNS
Rosemary Erickson Johnsen, Contemporary Feminist Historical Crime Fiction 122
CHARLOTTE BEYER
Book Announcements 127
Notes on Contributors 131
Call for Papers 135
Call for Membership 138
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ISSN 1841-964X (Online)
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