Title: The fiction of America : performance and the cultural imaginary in literature and film /
Authors: Hamscha, Susanne.
Publisher: Campus,
Year: 2013
Subjects: American literature History and criticism; Motion pictures United States History; National characteristics, American; National characteristics, American, in literature.; National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.; United States Civilization.
Contents: The fiction of America : America as fiction -- Setting the stage : or, performing "America" on the streets of Philadelphia -- Will the real American please stand up! Americanness (dis)embodied -- American idols : the anatomy of race and gender -- Epilogue : The specters of America.