CFP: Teaching American Culture Studies in a Global Society

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theme Issue: Teaching American Culture Studies in a Global Society


America, because of its unique position in time and place, occupies a crucial role in human history, especially with regard to aspirations and opportunities. It has developed a dynamic which has created and melded cultures into what is called "The American Way" or "The American Dream." Scholars in the U.S. and abroad have been drawn to the study of this dynamic as programs addressing American culture studies proliferate wordwide. In light of this, The Journal of American Culture is publishing a theme issue devoted to the topic of teaching American culture studies from a global perspective, focusing on the ways in which the internalization of the modern world has affected the study of America both at home and elsewhere. Essays should not be "how to" pieces for the classroom but rather papers that emphasize the teacher-scholar and are more oriented toward the theory and practice of teaching American culture as well as critical pedagogy. One approach to this topic might be to construct an essay from the point of view of an instructor delivering three lectures to graduating Ph.D. students who will be teaching the next generation of scholars on the mixing and complexity inherent in the development of American cultural studies. Avoid excessive first-person, bibliographies, or lists of readings.

Submissions, generally 15-25 pages in length, are to be original scholarly manuscripts formatted according to MLA style guidelines using in-text citations with author's name and page number. Endnotes and works cited should appear at the end of the paper. In light of space limitations, please avoid excessive use of endnotes.

This issue will be edited by Ray B. Browne (rbrowne@bgsu.edu) and Kathy Merlock Jackson (kmjackson@vwc.edu). Direct inquiries to either editor.

Send completed manuscripts to The Journal of American Culture at jac@vwc.edu or The Journal of American Culture, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1584 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502.

The deadline for submission is December 31, 2009.