Anglo-American Cultural Studies

Introduction 1
I: Topics in Anglo-American Area Studies 5
1 The Where (geography) 6
2 The When (history) 35
3 The ABCs of British and American Life (special issues) 78
4 Uniform-ity and Plural-ity (education) 94
5 Queendom and Republicracy (political life) 114
6 The Pound Stops Here for a Commonwealth for All? (economics and international relations) 136
7 Who, Where From, and Where To (minorities and immigration) 157
8 Weddings, Baptisms, and Funerals in The City on the Hill (religion) 184
9 From National Parks to Natural Disasters (environmental concerns) 211
10 Paper, Waves, and Bytes (media) 228
11 Bread and Circuses (the arts, leisure time activities and sports, food) 244
II: Looking at Anglo-American Cultural Studies 269
12 Identity: Who's the Us, Who's the Them? 271
13 Power: Those Who Got It and Those That Ain't 285
14 Gender: Wo-Men 299
15 New Media Was, Is, and Always Will Be the Message? 313
16 Culture with a Big "C" and with a Little "c" in Anglo-American Cultural Studies 326
VI I: Topics in Anglo-American C ontents Area Studies Conclusion 349
Recommendations for Further Reading (a partly annotated bibliography) 354
Index 362
List of Illustrations 376

Dr. Jody Skinner lehrt angloamerikanische Landes- und Kulturwissenschaft am Institut für Anglistik der Universität Koblenz-Landau.