Watts, Steven2021-02-172021-02-171991http://hdl.handle.net/11693/73376American Quarterly -- December 1991 -- pages 625-660.36 pages; 625-660EnglishAmerican literature19th centuryHistory and criticismPoststructuralismCriticism and interpretationCultureHistoryAmerican studiesCON.K3630Essay; The idiocy of American studies: poststructuralism, language, and politics in the age of self-fuldillmentCuttingHCONTURK0003630