JAST 3: Spring 1996

Published in Spring 1996, the third issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey deepens the discipline's focus on historical power dynamics, transnational education, and literary politics. Contributors tackle diverse socio-political spheres: Duane Champagne theorizes Native American colonialism, Ernest Wolf-Gazo explores John Dewey’s educational mission in Turkey, Paul Levine analyzes 1996 electoral populism, and Meyda Yegenoglu critiques institutional multiculturalism. Additionally, Ayşe Kırtunç interviews Neclâ Aytür regarding the local origins of American Studies. Literary critiques highlight texts as politicized spaces. Aslı Tekinay explores nihilism in Sam Shepard, the Oppermanns analyze Raymond Federman's postmodernism, Erinç Özdemir investigates structural time in Faulkner, and Ekaterini Georgoudaki examines how Black women poets resist sexual violence.