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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
Jun. 30 | 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies Teaching, Advising, and Program Development due
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McAlister, Melani. "Staging the American Century: Race, Gender, and Nation in U.S. Representations of the Middle East, 1945-1992," American Civilization Program, Brown University, May 1996.
This study explores the construction of postwar U.S. nationalism by examining the links between cultural artifacts, national identities, and U.S. international power. Analyzing films, television, museum exhibits, and novels alongside U.S. foreign policy documents, it investigates representations of the Middle East as a site of struggle over both the nature of U.S. world power and the domestic politics of race and gender. Chapters analyze the biblical epic films of the 1950s; Black Muslim thought in the 1960s; the King Tut exhibit of the 1970s; the impact of the Iran hostage crises on films and popular novels in the 1980s; and media coverage of the Gulf War. Throughout, the study highlights questions of nationalism, transnationalism, and postmodernism in postwar U.S. history.
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