Name: Muhammad Iqbal

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What Are American Studies For? Some Practical Perspectives by James J. Farrel Review

The author of this journal first describes what American Studies are before going on to discuss
its purpose. Studies indicate that there is a teaching and learning process in a discourse based on
the core phrase. Then Americans are those who live there. The crucial query, though, is: Who are
they, exactly? In light of this, the author of this publication concentrates on ideas gleaned from
Locating American Studies: The Evolution of Discipline.

The Myth of Myth and Symbol aspect is the first one. There are numerous more ethnic groups
represented in America than Caucasians, including Latinos, Spanish, Indians, and many others. As
a result, there must be several social histories or tales that have developed over time. Here, myth
and symbol serve as a starting point for research into language and religion. American Studies
must be distinctively plural in light of the variety that was immediately apparent. We must make
use of the past even as we advance American Studies for the sake of the future. Therefore, we must
be aware of methodological diversity. Because they must be ongoing and exhaustive, historical
stories are helpful even for contemporary concerns. There are so many things happen in the present
that also or even already occurred in past.

Additionally, it extends further and deeper than just focusing on a certain race or ethnicity as
being "American" in American Studies. It all boils down to how self-conscious each person feels
about what they all share. Identical is the primary concept of identity, which is shared. There will
be both similarities and differences in society with regard to the feature of "We" at the same time.
Identity depends on both one's own self-identification and the identification of others at every
level, according to Radway (1998). And there are two main ways that other people can be
identified: 1) People may recognize "we" (whatever we are), and their impressions of us have an
impact on how we view ourselves; and 2) our "we-ness" depends on our identification with
"others," or individuals or organizations that are "not us."
 The ability of the technique to further American studies comes next. It is widely acknowledged
that methodology is the foundation of academic work. However, that does not imply that these
researches are limited to a single field of study. As was previously mentioned, American Studies
must be concerned with methodological diversity. We cannot just concentrate on one discipline
and disregard the other disciplines, or what is referred to as interdisciplinary research. A collection
of approaches that we discover can be a unifying factor for our research, allowing for a wider range
of debate. It would be a terrific conversation with a variety of people, perspectives, and views,
which would result in careful dialogue.

From this point on, American Studies' genuine purpose has started to gain importance. As stated
in the previous sections, an academic setting is not necessarily required for American Studies. It
can also be used to incidental issues that typically arise in our daily lives. American Studies teaches
us how to organize all aspects of our everyday lives in a healthy manner. How to organize and
categorize our weekly habits, for instance, in relation to the ecological discipline. In ecology, we
must identify the underlying causes of issues, which calls for a higher intentional effort to forge
new links among things that already exist, a better consciousness of the broader implications of
our knowledge, and a real attempt to arrange all of this productive activity into comprehensible
forms, a concentration on examining why we do what we do and how we do it. Once you are able
to demonstrate the proper style of thinking that ecology has previously explained. American
studies may be used realistically to improve and heal the ailing environment around us. We will
be more cautious and conscious of our consumption patterns, industrial activities, and the
sustainability of the environment.