Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Historical Warrants
6. Forming Humanities 11
7. Changing Humanities 34
8. Forging Theory, Practice, and Institutional Presence 55
9. Inter/Disciplining Humanities
10. Rewriting the Literary 83
11. Refiguring the Visual 107
12. Retuning the Aural 128
13. Interdisciplining “America”
14. Reconstructing American Studies 153
15. Defining Other Americas 176
16. Conclusion 203
17. Works Cited 221
18. Index 251