American, British and Canadian Studies

Volume 16

SPECIAL ISSUE
Post-Racial Americas: Cultural Studies in the Age of Barack Obama

GUEST EDITORS
DAVID BRIAN HOWARD, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
ADRIANA CECILIA NEAGU, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Contents

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Introduction
DAVID HOWARD and ADRIANA NEAGU	5

Post-Racial Americas: Cultural Studies in the Age of Barack Obama	11
Yes We Can and the Making of a (Post) Racial Super Slogan?	13
MARTIN PARLETT

Speaking of Race: American Dreams, American Nightmares	41
KARIN COPE

Ethnic – Postethnic – Transethnic? Black Identity in Contemporary African American Life Writing	67
YVONNE GUTENBERGER

Mystery on the Bayou: Of Addicts, Apparitions, Artists, Awards and a Buried Page of History	89
MERVYN HAGGER and ERIC GILDER


Reviews	107
Beth S. Wenger, History Lessons. The Creation of American Jewish Heritage	108
RALUCA MOLDOVAN

Wolfe, Alan and Ira Katznelson (eds.), Religion and Democracy in the United States: Danger or Opportunity?	113
SILVIA IRIMIEA

Review of James T. Kloppenberg, Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition	118
WILLIAM STEARNS

Rosemary Erickson Johnsen, Contemporary Feminist Historical Crime Fiction	122
CHARLOTTE BEYER

Book Announcements	127
Notes on Contributors	131
Call for Papers	135
Call for Membership	138