{"product_id":"9783825366797","title":"Critical Regionalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents cultural analyses in the larger field of American Studies applying a critical regionalist approach. Loosely defined as a set of anti-foundational perspectives in the wake of the spatial turn, critical regionalism seeks to investigate apparent regional specificities against the backdrop of local\/global trajectories with regard to cultural practices and literary\/visual representations. Taking their cue from urban studies and the work of Kenneth Frampton, the essays in this volume inquire about the region as a category of difference (alongside race, gender, class) and as a possibly subversive point of view from which to critique hegemonic spatial (and capitalist) practices. Topics include an analysis of the commodification of bees and contemporary \"bee-trucking\" in the US (Cherryl Herr), an examination of border culture and art at the US-Mexico border (Silvia Spitta), an exploration of the role of the regional and the global as the basis for feminist politics in the modern women's movement (Katharina Gerund), a critique of region and class in the phenomenon of \"rednexploitation\" and television culture (Tanja Aho) as well as a critical regionalist account of ruin landscapes in the US (Miles Orvell), to name only a few contributions to this volume. All of them seek to re-appraise questions of region(alism) in light of (individual and collective) identity formation, consumerism, and political protest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universitatsverlag Winter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052313362672,"sku":"9783825366797","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783825366797_p0.jpg?v=1763686540","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783825366797","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}