JAST 6: Fall 1997

Published in Fall 1997, the sixth issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey investigates fragmented realities and hybrid identities within modern American culture. It highlights how postmodernism, technology, and marginalized voices disrupt traditional narratives in a mediated global landscape. Contributors examine these shifts through diverse frameworks. Cyrus Patell analyzes Native American literary resistance in Silko and Alexie, while William Haney explores cyberspace aesthetics in Don DeLillo’s White Noise. Magdalena Delicka investigates American magic realism, and Dilek Direnç details personal dislocation in Joan Didion’s writing. Expanding beyond literature, Türkay Bulut, Cem Can, and Özden Ekmekçi evaluate multicultural education in İncirlik schools. Finally, William Degenaro critiques post-nostalgia in contemporary cinema.