ConFiguring America: Iconic Figures, Visuality, and the American Identity 美国配置

ElvisPresley.MarilynMonroe.LeBronJames.They’reallAmerican,ofcourse,butlikemanyculturalfigureswhohailfromtheUnitedStates,theyhavenamesandfacesknowntheworldover.ConFiguringAmericabringstogetheraseriesofincisiveessaysthatanalyzeawiderangeofsuchfigures:thosewhoembodyAmerica’stendencytoproducecelebritiesandiconicpersonalitieswithglobalreach.Drawingontheoreticalinsightsfromavarietyoffields—includingculturaliconography,visualculture,starstudies,andhistory—adiversegroupofinternationalcontributorsshedslightonhowthesefiguresandtheirmediarepresentationsconstructAmerica’simagebeyonditsborders.Animportantadditiontoanexpandingfield,ConFiguringAmericawilldeepenreaders’understandingofcelebrity,iconography,andtheirworldwideimplications.