Trading Cultures: Nationalism and Globalization in American Studies

Ten contributions from scholars consider some of the effects of American cultural globalization. Topics include, for example, the marketing of goods and services as images of America, contemporary American Indian writing, and how the McDonald's corporation uses distinct national identities and images of the family to sell its product. Most of the essays were originally presented at the Biennial Conference of the Nordic Association for American Studies (Copenhagen, 2001). The volume is not indexed. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR