JAST 57: Spring 2022

Published in spring 2022, the 57th issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey opens with A. Deniz Bozer's tribute to Saadet Bozkurt. The research articles span postmodern fiction, science fiction, politics, and theater. Lovorka Gruić Grmuša examines intermediality and violence in Robert Coover’s writing, while Firuze Güzel analyzes the ethical implications of Michael Crichton’s novel Prey as a thought experiment. Other contributors focus on environmentalism, politics, and classic drama. Tanguy Harma traces the connection from Kerouac to Thoreau regarding nature and rebellion, and Bilge Mutluay Çetintaş explores women’s movements during the Donald Trump administration. Shifting to literature and philosophy, Şemsettin Tabur looks at the spatiality of violence in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, Cenk Tan applies the master-slave dialectic to Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle, and Sinem Yazıcıoğlu investigates trauma and event in Anzia Yezierska’s Hungry Hearts.