Recently added articles from Journal of American Culture:
The politics and ethics of literary revival: A test-case--shall we, ought we, can we make of Constance Fenimore Woolson a Kate Chopin?
Oct 01, 1999; ... The current proliferation of individual author societies reminds me of the proliferation of little nation-states in that part of the world that was known for a while in this century as the Soviet Union. Both proliferations are attempts to create spaces for the nurturing of particularities-and ...
Defending travel writing (against other writers): The case of Joe McGinniss's Going to Extremes
Oct 01, 1999; ... When I went to Alaska in 1988 I found that everyone there seemed to come from somewhere else--and often came for bizarre reasons--so a typical conversation involved your own tangled story of how you allegedly got there. A few Alaskans made a point of asking me if I lived in America: I soon ...
Television drama and popular film as medical narrative
Oct 01, 1999; ... The appeal of both television drama and popular film focusing on medical issues appears to be the product of a number of factors. Among these factors may be the anxiety many Americans feel about the overwhelming power of health care professionals and institutions, interest in life and death ...
The precious moments chapel: Suffering, salvation, and the world's most popular collectible
Oct 01, 1999; ... In May 1996, Joan Frankhauser made her first visit to the Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, Missouri. Sixteen months previously, her husband of forty-two years, Fred, had died from a heart attack while she and her daughter attempted to provide CPR. Upon entering the chapel, Joan expected to ...
Challenging contemporary narrative theory: The alternative textual strategies of nineteenth-century manuscript cookbooks
Oct 01, 1999; ... Cookies 2 eggs, 2 cups of Sugar, 1 cup of Milk, 1 Cup of butter[,] 1/2 nutmeg, 1 teaspoon of quick yeast[,] flour enough to make into a stiff dough, roll and cut out, dampen the top with water[,] dip into white sugar, then bake in a quick oven, From Sallie. -Mary Smith's ...