FRSEMR 46g - America Inside Out: Foreign Perspectives on the United States

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

The United States has long sparked the imagination or kindled the ire of foreign artists, novelists, sociologists, revolutionaries, and cultural critics. This seminar explores foreign perspectives of America from the 19th century to the present: fiction, poetry, travel-writing, visual arts, film, sociology and psychology. Foreign commentary from many regions illuminates hitherto unseen dimensions of American history and culture, and reveals the influence of the U.S. abroad.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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