American cultural studies: an introduction to American culture (Fourth edition.)

This fourth edition of American Cultural Studies has been revised throughout to take into account the developments of the last four years, providing an introduction to the central themes in modern American culture and exploring how these themes can be interpreted.

Chapters in this book discuss many different aspects of American cultural life such as religion, gender and sexuality, and regionalism. Updates and revisions include:

• discussion of Barack Obama's time in the White House
• consideration of 'Hemispheric American Studies' and the increasing debates about globalisation and the international role of the USA
• Long-form Television and American Studies
• up-to-date case studies, such as Girls, The Wire and Orange is the New Black
• more material on Detroit, the Mexican border, same-sex relationships and Islam in America.
• updated further reading lists and new follow-up work.

Accompanied by a companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/campbell) providing further study resources, American Cultural Studies is a core text and an accessible introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American culture.