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CURRENT ISSUE

December 2007

Volume 59, Number 4
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News

August 2007: New Feature: Event Reviews
American Quarterly is seeking essays for a new regular feature on live performance (art, dance, music), public events (demonstrations, protests, street fairs, speeches, political rallies), gallery and museum exhibitions (and supporting programming), festivals (film, theater, etc.), and various media events (in music, film, television, new media). These essays should expand the format of traditional reviews to both explore ephemeral articulations of U.S. culture and society and speak to the larger context within which such events appear. Submissions should be 4,000 to 8,000 words and may include illustrations. Please direct all submissions and correspondence to Jennifer Doyle, jennifer.doyle@ucr.edu. For more detailed guidelines, see the AQ Web site, http://www.americanquarterly.org/index.php/about/exhibition_reviews.
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Call for Papers

Call for Papers - In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and Social Visions

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Responses to Recent AQ Scholarship

Enduring Freedom: Public Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy - A Critique
Kennedy and Lucas have done a fine job in throwing the proverbial cat among the pigeons with their recent article in American Quarterly. In these politically charged times, with the United States seemingly out of kilter with the rest of the world, it is especially pertinent to consider some home truths about ‘American Studies’ and ‘public diplomacy’. Intellectual integrity and autonomy in relation to US foreign policy are back on the agenda for the first time since Vietnam. Spaces of dissent need to be well articulated to escape the gravitational pull of ‘full spectrum dominance’. Exposing the power relations operating behind public diplomacy and undermining the power-less pretensions of American Studies are two counter-punches which Kennedy and Lucas land with some skill. They claim that the critical autonomous zones they aim to open up with this assault, hopefully to be filled rapidly by willing accomplices, should provide the basis for a New Look on the ‘American empire’. The intent is admirable, the means conceivable. Nevertheless, their call to arms tends to smooth over some inconsistencies in the logistical build-up. ...
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