CURRENT ISSUE
September 2008
Volume 60, Number 3
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September 2008: New Feature: Event Reviews
American Quarterly regularly publishes reviews of various events that are of interest to scholars of American studies, usually 1-2 per issue. These include museum and gallery exhibitions; performance based events; film and media events; and music/sound performance and recording exhibitions in historical, cultural, science, and art museums, art and historical organizations, libraries, and other venues. Because these reviews are often if not usually for exhibitions that are no longer on view or that readers will not be able to see, they are intended to address broader issues in the field in relation to material culture, visual culture and museum studies. Event reviews are 4,000 – 8,000 words in length, including notes. Please direct all submissions and correspondence to Jennifer Doyle, . Please see the Event Review Guidelines for further details.
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Call for Papers Call for Papers - In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and Social Visions
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Responses to Recent AQ ScholarshipEnduring Freedom: Public Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy - A Critique
Kennedy and Lucas have done a fine job in throwing the proverbial cat among the pigeons with their recent article in American Quarterly. In these politically charged times, with the United States seemingly out of kilter with the rest of the world, it is especially pertinent to consider some home truths about ‘American Studies’ and ‘public diplomacy’. Intellectual integrity and autonomy in relation to US foreign policy are back on the agenda for the first time since Vietnam. Spaces of dissent need to be well articulated to escape the gravitational pull of ‘full spectrum dominance’. Exposing the power relations operating behind public diplomacy and undermining the power-less pretensions of American Studies are two counter-punches which Kennedy and Lucas land with some skill. They claim that the critical autonomous zones they aim to open up with this assault, hopefully to be filled rapidly by willing accomplices, should provide the basis for a New Look on the ‘American empire’. The intent is admirable, the means conceivable. Nevertheless, their call to arms tends to smooth over some inconsistencies in the logistical build-up. ...
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