Cultures of United States Imperialism represents a major paradigm shift that will remap the field of American Studies. Pointing to a glaring blind spot in the b

The United States has always imagined that its identity as a nation is insulated from violent interventions abroad, as if a line between domestic and foreign af

A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both ref

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-203) and index.

Exceptional State analyzes the nexus of culture and contemporary manifestations of U.S. imperialism. The contributors, established and emerging cultural studies