Editorial Letter, 15 October 2005
Editor: Joy Burnett
How
can we read the phrase, "The world is not America?" In
its reverse, it becomes "America is not the world." Both
are incredibly powerful in their rhetoric, able to stimulate responses
both rational and emotional, from all corners of the political spectrum.
The question of America's place on the world stage is an important
one for American Studies as a discipline. This is particularly true
during the past few years, as we witness and respond (in writing
and otherwise) to world events.
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Contributor Index:
Sandy Alletto,
"Poetry? A Manifesto in Terminal Progress"
Ashley Heidemann,
"I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together"
David Marchuck,
"You Say You Want a Revolution?"
Steve Tiseo, "Reel
History: Film's Role in Refuting the American Myth"
Nicholas Woodward,
"Land of Sin or Land of Salvation: Comparing Concepts of
Africa in the Poetry of Phyllis Wheatley and Francis E.W. Harper"
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