Vol. 27 No. 1 (2026): Crisis and Resilience in American Literature, Culture, History, and Politics

Published: 2026-09-10

Editorial

Crisis and Resilience in American Literature, Culture, History, and Politics: The 2025 Postgraduate Forum

Ella Ernst, Leonie Kratzenstein, Milo Miller, Laura Pröger, Samir Taher

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Articles

On Sentimental Sisterly Bonds and Poisonous Motherly Care: Negotiations of Southern White Female Victimhood in Sharp Objects (2018)

Anne I. Bertram

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Toward a Trans Rural Imaginary: Representation, Counterpublics, and Space in National Anthem

Catherine Faith Gastin

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The Subject of Love, On a Very Cultural Level: Responding to Crises in the Hollywood Romantic Comedy

Tina Pahnke

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“We are the Others//The Change we Need//The Change we Demand”: Resistance and Queer Kinship in Catherine Hernandez’ novel Crosshairs (2021)

Katharina Röder

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Post-COVID Hollywood in China: Market Decline, Shifting Policies, and Audience Critiques

Yining Zhang

77-96
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