Astrid Haas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3681323 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Astrid Haas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Astrid |
| FAMILY NAME | Haas |
| SIGNATURE | HAAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8628-8129 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Undocumented border crossing and migrant activism
The article studies the entangled representations of undocumented Mexican border-crossing and migrant activism in recent works of Mexican American graphic fiction. These works are rooted in a long cultural tradition of artivism, that is, using art as a vehicle of political activism. The strong appeal of graphic narratives among broad audiences endows works of Mexican American graphic fiction with particular potential for artistic interventions in…
Native Bondage, Narrative Mobility
The article studies African American narratives of indigenous captivity from its emergence in the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth. Taking accounts by Briton Hammon, John Marrant, Henry Bibb, and James Beckwourth as examples, the essay charts the development of this body of writings, its distinction from white-authored narratives, and its contribution to North American autobiography. In so doing, the article argues that the black-auth…
Currents of Progress, Toy Store for Tourists
The essay addresses the depiction of the Niagara Falls as an ambivalent symbol of progress in nineteenth-century Mexican travel accounts of the United States. At that time, various Mexican intellectuals spent some time in the USA. In diaries and travelogues, some of them articulated their views of their host country but also reflected on their own society through the contrast with their northern neighbor. The Mexican visitors expressed a particul…
A Changing Game
Both sport and film play a key role in contemporary US American popular culture. They are widely regarded as legitimate carriers and formative instances of social identities such as ethnicity, gender, or nationality, and they have capitalized upon one another with increasing success. Soccer and soccer films provide a case in point, as both the sport and its treatment in US American feature films are currently undergoing a change from a rather mar…
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A Changing Game
Both sport and film play a key role in contemporary US American popular culture. They are widely regarded as legitimate carriers and formative instances of social identities such as ethnicity, gender, or nationality, and they have capitalized upon one another with increasing success. Soccer and soccer films provide a case in point, as both the sport and its treatment in US American feature films are currently undergoing a change from a rather mar…
Currents of Progress, Toy Store for Tourists
The essay addresses the depiction of the Niagara Falls as an ambivalent symbol of progress in nineteenth-century Mexican travel accounts of the United States. At that time, various Mexican intellectuals spent some time in the USA. In diaries and travelogues, some of them articulated their views of their host country but also reflected on their own society through the contrast with their northern neighbor. The Mexican visitors expressed a particul…
Native Bondage, Narrative Mobility
The article studies African American narratives of indigenous captivity from its emergence in the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth. Taking accounts by Briton Hammon, John Marrant, Henry Bibb, and James Beckwourth as examples, the essay charts the development of this body of writings, its distinction from white-authored narratives, and its contribution to North American autobiography. In so doing, the article argues that the black-auth…
Undocumented border crossing and migrant activism
The article studies the entangled representations of undocumented Mexican border-crossing and migrant activism in recent works of Mexican American graphic fiction. These works are rooted in a long cultural tradition of artivism, that is, using art as a vehicle of political activism. The strong appeal of graphic narratives among broad audiences endows works of Mexican American graphic fiction with particular potential for artistic interventions in…
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