AMER ST 2098 - Reading Culture

Institution:

Temple University

Subject:

Description:

As an introduction to the methods and scope of American Studies, Reading Culture will present an in-depth, interdisciplinary look at a discreet period in the American past, for example, the Civil War era or the Great Depression. While delving deeply in this time period, the class will explore how culture in its many forms and manifestations shaped how people lived their daily lives and created meaning. Particular emphasis will be placed on looking at the relationship, and even the disconnect, between different kinds of culture – knowledge production and education, visual culture, including art, photography, and film, music, landscapes, and built environments. In order to do that, we will learn how to read, broadly construe, and understand how different cultural forms convey messages and how distinct ways of seeing and hearing relate to other cultural forms. Through discussion, research, and writing, class members will investigate these varied dimensions of culture. They will learn to understand them in their broader social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts. In addition, this class, as an introduction, will prepare students to take more advanced courses in American Studies. This is also a writing-intensive class, so students will be engaged in extensive and varied writing (and rewriting) assignments and projects that will help them to hone these crucial skills.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ENGLISH 0802 or equivalent

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Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

WWW.TEMPLE.EDU

Phone Number:

(215) 204-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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