Autor: Leopold Lippert

Leopold Lippert (Dr. phil.) teaches American studies at the University of Münster, Germany. He specializes in transnational American studies, performance studies, gender and sexuality studies, as well as early American literature. Ralph J. Poole is an American-German researcher who teaches as professor of American studies at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Amongst his publications is a book-length study on the avant-garde tradition in American theater, a book on satirical and autoethnographical cannibal texts and an essay collection on dangerous masculinities. His main research interests are gender and queer studies, popular culture, and transnational American studies.