Call for Book Reviewers

From: laurence raw <[email protected]>

The Journal of American Studies of Turkey (JAST) is a bi-annual journal launched in 1995 as a forum for contributions on American Studies. We are especially interested in submissions that discuss American culture and society within an international as well as a regional framework, looking at the ways in which the US interacts with the rest of the world, and how such interactions redefine the idea of 'America.' 
The Journal is in the process of being relaunched, but previous issues can be viewed online at http://www.ake.hacettepe.edu.tr/Install/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228&Itemid=74
It is currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography, Urich's International Periodicals Directory, and the American Humanities Index, and EBSCO Host.  We are looking to have the journal included in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) at the earliest possible opportunity.

As part of the relaunching process, we are creating a book reviews section dedicated to lively reviews of texts relating to American Studies.  We have the following books currently available for review:
 
Martha W. Davies and Sid Ray, The Medieval Hero on Screen (McFarland, 2004)
Karma Waltonen and Denise du Vernay, The Simpsons in the Classroom (McFarland, 2010)
Camilla Williams & Stephanie Shonekan, The Life of Camilla Williams (Mellen, 2011)
Geoff Alexander, Academic Films for the Classroom (McFarland, 2010)
Philip Hayward (ed.) Terror Tracks: Music, Sound and Horror Cinema (Equinox, 2009)
Newt Gingrich, A Nation Like no Other (Regnery, 2011)
Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World (W. W. Norton, 2008)
James M. Welsh, Rodney Hill, Gene D. Phillips, The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia (Scarecrow, 2010)
Ben Urish, Ray Browne on the Culture Studies Revolution (McFarland, 2011) 
 
If anyone would be interested in reviewing any of these texts, could they please contact me on [email protected].  Reviews should be between 750-1000 words in length, preferably in MLA format.  Although there is no hard and fast deadline, we'd like the reviews to be completed as soon as possible. 
Cheers


Laurence Raw,
Baskent University.
Department of English, Ankara, Turkey. 
Editor: Journal of American Studies of Turkey
http://baskent.academia.edu/LaurenceRaw 
www.radiodramareviews.com
@laurenceraw (Twitter)


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From: Kenneth S Nolley <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 19:46
Subject: Book Announcement: The Orientalist Buddy Film

From:    "Brian Locke" <[email protected]>

New Book: Film Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies,
African American Studies, Comparative Race Studies:

RACIAL STIGMA ON THE HOLLYWOOD SCREEN FROM WWII TO THE PRESENT: THE
ORIENTALIST BUDDY FILM
Brian Locke

Hardcover: 220 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0230618824

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Racial-Stigma-Hollywood-Screen-Present/dp/0230618820/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I30I6FZKTM3Y4K&colid=2CV6OG7N48VCS

Desk and Exam Copies
http://us.macmillan.com/racialstigmaonthehollywoodscreenfromworldwariitothepresent

RACIAL STIGMA ON THE HOLLYWOOD SCREEN FROM WWII TO THE PRESENT charts
how the dominant white and black binary of American racial discourse
influences Hollywood’s representation of the Asian. The Orientalist
buddy film draws a scenario in which two buddies, one white and one
black, transcend an initial hatred for one another by joining forces
against a foreign Asian menace. Through an analysis of films from
multiple genres, Brian Locke argues that this triangulated rendering
of race ameliorates the longstanding historical contradiction between
U.S. democratic ideals and white America’s persistent domination over
blacks.
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