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By Susan Gillman

States of Emergency: The Object of American Studies

By Russ Castronovo (Editor), Susan Gillman (Editor)

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About the Author

Susan Gillman teaches World Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is the co-editor, with Russ Castronovo, of "States of Emergency: The Object of American Studies" (2009). She is researching her next book, "Our Mediterranean: American Adaptations, 1890–1975."

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