Narratives And Spaces

Technology and the Construction of American Culture
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-85989-555-2
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

David Nye's Narratives and Spaces examines how photography, the railroad, electricity, space flight and the computer became central, yet often contradictory, parts of the way Americans construct and narrate their culture, whether as western settlers, consumers or tourists. The book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on topics at the centre of contemporary debate and draws on a wide range of cultural media.


This is a significant contribution to American cultural history, and like David Nye's previous award-winning books, is written to be accessible to a wide audience. It is the first volume in a new UEP series, Representing American Culture. This series exists to publish lively, accessible and up-to-date studies of the culture of the United States. Whether devoted to topics in popular, middlebrow or high culture, books in the series explore the ways in which ideological assumptions may be seen to be represented. The series is edited by Mick Gidley, Professor of American Literature at the University of Leeds.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nye, David E.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Ergonomie, Barrierefreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Spaces: constructing nature - Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon; electrifying the American West - 1880-1940; domestic landscape - Wright Morris' "The Home Place". Narratives: four narratives of new deal electrification; energy narratives; space of the past - E.L. Doctorow's "World's Fair". Narratives in space: electrifying expositions - 1880-1939; European exhibits at the 1939 World's Fair; don't fly me to the moon - the public and the Apollo Space Program; post-modernism and the computer.

Über Autor(innen)

David E. Nye is Professor of American History at Odense University, Denmark. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard, MIT and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Author of nine books and editor of many others, he has received both the Dexter Prize and the Able Wolman Award, and has served as a consultant for programmes on both Danish and American television.