{"product_id":"exceptional-state-contemporary-u-s-culture-and-the-new-imperialism-paperback-softback-9780822338208","title":"Exceptional State; Contemporary U.S. Culture and the New Imperialism (Paperback \/ softback) 9780822338208","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExceptional State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContemporary U.S. Culture and the New Imperialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAshley Dawson (Edited by), Malini Johar Schueller (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780822338208\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 June 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.472 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eExceptional State\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and important collection of essays which together address crucial questions about change and continuity between the current imperial moment and the history of U.S. imperialism.”-Amy Kaplan, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCultures of United States Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“In this superb collection, leading theorists of cultural imperialism adroitly expose why neoliberalism is dangerously beguiling to a nation torn between fear of terrorism and desire to maintain superpower hegemony. Moving from powerful critiques to essays that empower resistance, this volume shows how historical accounts of U.S. imperialism can serve as enabling acts for a democratic future in the making.”-Lee Quinby, author of \u003ci\u003eMillennial Seduction: A Skeptic Confronts Apocalyptic Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eExceptional State\u003c\/i\u003e captures the cultural affirmation, and attendant psychological and sociological ramifications of US imperialism. These essays analyse the subtle and more overt ways the tentacles of hegemony permeate the lives of people all around the world. . . . \u003ci\u003eExceptional State\u003c\/i\u003e really is essential reading for anyone who fancies themselves as an enjoyer of freedom and democracy. Get it while you can!”\u003c\/div\u003e - Megan Yarrow (M\/C Reviews)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eExceptional State\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the nexus of culture and contemporary manifestations of U.S. imperialism. The contributors, established and emerging cultural studies scholars, define culture broadly to include a range of media, literature, and political discourse. They do not posit September 11, 2001 as the beginning of U.S. belligerence and authoritarianism at home and abroad, but they do provide context for understanding U.S. responses to and uses of that event. Taken together, the essays stress both the continuities and discontinuities embodied in a present-day U.S. imperialism constituted through expressions of millennialism, exceptionalism, technological might, and visions of world dominance.\u003cp\u003eThe contributors address a range of topics, paying particular attention to the dynamics of gender and race. Their essays include a surprising reading of the ostensibly liberal movies \u003ci\u003eWag the Do\u003c\/i\u003eg and \u003ci\u003eThree Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, an exploration of the rhetoric surrounding the plan to remake the military into a high-tech force less dependent on human bodies, a look at the significance of the popular \u003ci\u003eLeft Behind \u003c\/i\u003eseries of novels, and an interpretation of the Abu Ghraib prison photos. They scrutinize the national narrative created to justify the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the ways that women in those countries have responded to the invasions, the contradictions underlying calls for U.S. humanitarian interventions, and the role of Africa in the U.S. imperial imagination. The volume concludes on a hopeful note, with a look at an emerging anti-imperialist public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e. Omar Dahbour, Ashley Dawson, Cynthia Enloe, Melani McAlister, Christian Parenti, Donald E. Pease, John Carlos Rowe, Malini Johar Schueller, Harilaos Stecopoulos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Rethinking Imperialism Today \/ Ashley Dawson and Malini Johar Schueller 1\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Technologies of Imperialism \u003cbr\u003e Culture, US Imperialism, and Globalization \/ John Carlos Rowe 37\u003cbr\u003e Between the Homeland and Abu Ghraib: Dwelling in Bush’\u003cbr\u003es Biopolitical Settlement \/ Donald E. Pease 60\u003cbr\u003e Planet America: The Revolution in Military Affairs as Fantasy and Fetish \/ Christian Parenti 88\u003cbr\u003e Hegemony and Rights: On the Liberal Justification for Empire \/ Omar Dahbour 105\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Engendering Imperialism \u003cbr\u003e Updating the Gendered Empire: Where Are the Women of Occupied Afghanistan and Iraq? \/ Cynthia Enloe 133\u003cbr\u003e Techno-Dominance and Torturegate: The Making of US Imperialism \/ Malini Johar Schueller 162\u003cbr\u003e Part 3: Imagining Others \u003cbr\u003e Left Behind and the Politics of Prophecy Talk \/ Melani McAlister 191\u003cbr\u003e Putting an Old Africa on Our Map: British Imperial Legacies and Contemporary US Culture \/ Harilaos Stecopoulos 221\u003cbr\u003e New Modes of Anti-imperialism \/ Ashley Dawson 248\u003cbr\u003e Coda: Information Mastery and the Culture of Annihilation \/ Ashley Dawson and Malini Johar Schueller 275\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 285\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 301\u003cbr\u003e Index 303\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574569562392,"sku":"9780822338208","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/exceptional-state-contemporary-u-s-culture-and-the-new-imperialism-paperback-softback-9780822338208","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}