JAST 2: Fall 1995
Published in Fall 1995, the second issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey broadens the discourse on American identity, examining how race, gender, class, and language intersect globally. Contributors apply diverse frameworks: David Espey explores multiculturalism through humor, Douglas Cooper examines Chinese American cinema, and Laurence Raw details US-UK film reciprocity. Literarily, Gönül Pultar analyzes assimilation in Jasmine, Lâle Demirtürk unpacks Black womanhood in Alice Walker, and Paul Croce traces William James’s philosophy. Critiques include Semiramis Yağcıoğlu on Faulkner, Nick Selby on Ezra Pound, and Peter Grieco on working-class poetry. Finally, reviews of Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction by Lawrence Goodheart and Michael Oppermann interrogate pop-culture paradigms.
