AMCL 250a - Seminar in American Culture:The Multidisciplinary Approach

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Vassar College

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The intent of the seminar is to help students converge upon a cultural feature from more than one direction, to recognize some of its inherent complexities, and to assess the peculiar resources for such illumination offered by a multidisciplinary approach. Topic for 2008/09: America in the World. This course focuses on current debates in American Studies about resituating the question of "America" in global terms. We explore the theoretical and political problems involved in such a reorientation of the field as we examine topics such as American militarization and empire, American involvement in global monetary organizations such as the World Trade Organization and the World Bank, the question of a distinctive national and international American culture, foreign perspectives on American and "Americanization," and the global significance of American popular culture including film and music such as hip-hop. Mr. Cornelius, Ms. VarghesRequired of students concentrating in the program. Generally not open to senior majors. Open to other students by permission of the director and as space permits. Prerequisite: course work that has dealt with American materials in at least two separate disciplines. Two 75-minute periods.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vassar.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 437-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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