JAST 19: Spring 2004

Published in Spring 2004, the nineteenth issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey critically examines the evolving concept of the American Dream. Laurence Raw introduces this thematic exploration. Contributors trace its historical and literary roots: Leo J. Mahoney explores a pre-industrial dream, while G. St. John Stott examines Amerindian identity in the Book of Mormon. Manoli Lopez Ramirez analyzes Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Sinan Akıllı details the dream's destruction in Sam Shepard's theatre. Shifting to visual media, J. Emmett Winn and Lerzan Gültekin investigate cinematic portrayals in popular film, while Erik Angelone links the dream to reality television. Finally, various scholars discuss cross-cultural translations, American exceptionalism, and staging agitprop theatre in Ankara.