Cultures of Solitude

This collection of essays comprises cultural analyses of practices of eremitism and reclusiveness in the USA, which are inseparably linked to the American ideals of individualism and freedom. Solitaries can be read as trailblazers for an alternative future or as symptoms of a pathological society.

Autorentext

Ina Bergmann is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Stefan Hippler is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany.

Inhalt

Solitude and American Studies Language, Body, and Gender Gender, Politics, and Poetics Society, Spirituality, and Religion Space, Gender, and Ethnicity Space, Identity, and Pathology Technology, Community, and Identity