JAST 4: Fall 1996

Published in Fall 1996, the fourth issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey emphasizes transnational reception and cultural translation, viewing American culture within a complex global network requiring interdisciplinary analysis. Contributors explore cross-cultural dynamics: Jerzy Kutnik examines postmodern writing from a Polish perspective, Toming Jun Liu offers a Chinese diasporic critique of Maxine Hong Kingston, Kuldip Kaur Kuwahara connects Asian and Asian American literature, and Marwan Obeidat questions American literature’s international accessibility. Carl Buchanan shares a creative piece on Medea. Broadening the scope, Charles Gates details American archaeologists in Turkey, Sema Kormalı analyzes feminist sci-fi, Mahmut Mutman interrogates television’s ideology, and Peter Grieco explores lyric poetry in teleculture.