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The historical role of religion in shaping American life and thought, with special attention to the influence of religious ideologies on social values and social reform. (May be counted toward American Studies.) 1.00 units, Lecture
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A study of film as a genre and of the critical and technical concepts needed to analyze it. The study is undertaken largely through the examination and discussion of feature films chosen for a variety of technique, style and cultural context. Film screenings will be scheduled accordingly. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course will examine the tradition of American Painting as it evolved from its earliest forms in the pre-Colonial period to the watershed date of 1913, when the famous armory show in New York catapulted American artists and views into the age of modernism and international art movements. Particular emphasis will be given to the social, historical and economic forces that shaped the variegated fact of American art as it reflected the unique ambitions, politics, and nationalist spirit of an emerging American society. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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Western religion, and Christianity in particular, have always put a premium on employing the available techniques of mass communication to get its message out, but today many religious people see the omnipresent "secular" media as hostile to their faith. This course will look at the relationship between religion and the communications media, focusing primarily on how the American news media have dealt with religion since the creation of the penny press in the 1830s. Attention will also be given to the ways that American religious institutions have used mass media to present themselves from the circulation of Bibles and tracts in the 19th century through religious broadcasting beginning in the 20th century to the use of the Internet and worldwide web today. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course investigates the cultural meanings and the lived experiences associated with the American West. Themes for the course include Frederick Jackson Turner's notion of the frontier and American exceptionalism, the use of Western myths and symbols in American culture, race relations and the historical experiences of racial minorities, regional development and its relationship to federal power, and political movements such as women's suffrage, environmentalism, and conservatism. 1.00 units, Lecture
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In recent years, historians have begun to reconsider the traditional 1950s-1960s civil rights movement timeline. Exciting new scholarship has begun to explore both the early roots of the modern civil rights movement and its many offshoots. This course will cover the depth and breadth of the civil rights movement from early twentieth century civil rights activism through the high point of the civil rights era to the social justice activism of our contemporary moment. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course introduces students to contemporary gender issues as they are treated both in the law and in the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. We will explore some of the historical antecedents to contemporary legal gender questions and then examine in detail the following areas of controversy: affirmative action, the equal rights amendment, surrogate parenthood, abortion, and sex discrimination, including AIDS-related questions. For background, the following courses are recommended but not required: Political Science 102, 307, 316, Women's Studies 301, or a course in U.S. history since the Civil War. The format of the course is primarily discussion. Enrollment limited. 1.00 units, Lecture
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With its scandals, rags-to-riches tales, and liberal attitude toward the truth, autobiography has long enjoyed a reputation as America's favorite literary genre. In this class, we will examine the ways in which a diverse group of Americans has used autobiography to present stories of individual self-fashioning and group experience. Our readings will be eclectic in the extreme, ranging from canonical works by Ben Franklin, Frederick Douglass, and Gertrude Stein, to more recent work by Maxine Hong Kingston, Samuel Delany, and Vogue magazine's editor-at-large, Andre Leon Talley. 1.00 units, Lecture
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Walt Whitman called baseball "America's game" and said it "belongs as much to our institutions...as our constitutions." And the critic Jacques Barzun claimed "whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." Focusing on literature, history, and film, this course examines the origins and meanings of baseball in America. We will examine such topics as the game's 19th-century beginnings and its connections to urban and rural life, its role as an agent of social and legal change (desegregation and free agency), the globalization of the game, and the controversy over steroids. Throughout, we will think about baseball as an expression of the American dream. 1.00 units, Lecture
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