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A survey of precollegiate education from the colonial period to the present. The development of church-affiliated, independent and public schools will be examined within the context of larger patterns of political, social and intellectual history. 1.00 units, Lecture
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Focusing on a key decade in American life-the 1890s, for example, or the 1850s-this course will examine the dynamics of race, class, gender, and ethnicity as forces that have shaped, and been shaped by, American culture. How did various groups define themselves at particular historical moments How did they interact with each other and with American society Why did some groups achieve hegemony and not others, and what were-and are-the implications of these dynamics for our understanding of American culture By examining both interpretive and primary documents-novels, autobiographies, works of art, and popular culture-we will consider these and other questions concerning the production of American cult 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
A survey of literature, written and oral, produced in what is now the United States from the earliest times to around the Civil War. We will examine relationships among cultural and intellectual developments and the politics, economics, and societies of North America. Authors to be read include some who are well known-like Emerson, Melville, and Dickinson-and some who are less familiar-like Cabeca de Vaca, John Rollin Ridge, and Harriet Jacobs. 1.00 units, Lecture
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A survey of literatures produced in the United States since about 1865. We will examine relationships among cultural and intellectual currents and the political, economic, and social development in the United States during this period, focusing particularly on race, gender, and class as analytic categories. Authors to be read include some who are well known-such as James, Hemingway, and Faulkner-and some who are less familiar-such as Freeman, Chesnutt, and Hurston. Enrollment limited. 1.00 units, Lecture
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An examination of the developing American political tradition with emphasis on economic and ideological factors. 1.00 units, Lecture
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The twentieth century is generally understood as a crucial period for the emergence and consolidation of modern lesbian and gay identities and practices. A case can be made for the special role of Hollywood in this historical process. Stars such as Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Montgomery Clift provided lesbians and gays with powerful models of gender and sexual nonconformity, and Hollywood genres such as the musical and the domestic melodrama informed the camp sensibility in crucial ways. Beginning with the 1930s and ending with the 1990s, this course examines how Hollywood contributed to the formation of lesbian and gay subcultures. It pays particular attention to the representation of lesbians and gays in Hollywood films and how this representation did and did not shift over the course of the twentieth century. In addition, it engages recent theoretical and historical work on gender and sexuality. Mandatory weekly screenings. 1.00 units, Lecture
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An examination of different conceptions of the experience of schooling in this country. Does schooling contribute to equality of educational opportunity or limit further the opportunities of those who have little to begin with Does schooling promote or repress free expression This course will weigh arguments and evidence supporting each of these possibilities. Topics include desegregation, the distribution of educational resources and their effectiveness, tracking, grading systems, and the exercise of teacher authority. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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Culture is not something we simply consume, inhabit or even create. Culture is serious business: pun both intended and upended. We have a dynamic relationship with the world around us and in this class we will use culture, both elite and popular, to help bridge the gap between what we do here in the "ivory tower" and how we live out there in the "real world," hopefully changing both in the process. Here we will not take culture for granted but engage culture as a method, a tool by which to engage, analyze and critique both historical narratives and contemporary events. In this course, street life, advertisements, popular media, and clothing are interrogated as archives of dynamic meaning, arenas of social interaction, acts of personal pleasure, and sites of struggle. We will also explore what happens when a diversity of forces converge at the intersection of commerce and culture. Present day notions of popular culture, and topics such as authenticity and selling out, will be interrogated both socially and historicall 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course examines America since WWII. We will explore both political events and cultural and social trends, including the cold war, rock 'n' roll, civil rights, feminism, Vietnam, consumerism and advertising, the new right and the new left, the counterculture, religious and ethnic revivals, poverty, and the "me" generation. Enrollment limited. 1.00 units, Lecture
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