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3.00 Credits
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.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 0802 or equivalent
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the varied historical and contemporary experiences of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, South, and Southeast Asian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Explores economic, social, political, and cultural developments, beginning with the arrival of the Chinese in the 1830s and ending with the experiences of Asian-American immigrants and their communities today. Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core Studies in Race (RS) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the changing perception and experience of growing up in the United States from colonial times to the present, assuming that childhood and adolescence are social constructions that change over time. The course will explore the emergence of childhood and adolescence as distinct stages in the life cycle, the evolving role of the family in the process of growing up, and the increasing importance of social institutions other than the family in the lives of the young. Particular attention will be paid to the difference between growing up rich or poor, black or white, male or female, and rural or urban. Finally, it will consider the reciprocal relationship between popular culture and the lives of young Americans.
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3.00 Credits
A special topics course, used for materials and approaches to American Studies that are either experimental in nature or not yet a regular part of the curriculum.Note: Course content varies and students can obtain a description of the current version at the American Studies office. Mode: Online sections may be offered.
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3.00 Credits
An attempt to probe one of the most significant and controversial episodes of American history. Beginning with the history of Vietnam since the 19th century, including the preceding Indochina Wars, this course will explore the impact of the Vietnam War of the ’60s and ’70s on the domestic and international scenes, together with its multiple legacies to later American culture. Will make use of television and film from the period.
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1.00 Credits
Work – labor – stands at the very center of the American story. The nation was settled by people looking for work. That was true in the past and it is true today. This class, then, examines work and the meaning of work from Jamestown to the advent of McWorld. How has work changed over time? How have perceptions of laborers shifted over the last 300 hundred years? Students will explore labor-management relations, the organization of work, the experience of ordinary workers, and the lives of different groups of workers – millhands, immigrant farm laborers, clerical workers, and fast food employees. In the end, this course will use primary and secondary sources to provide students with a broad historical and cultural understanding of the nature of work and the American experience.Note: Offered at Temple University Japan only.
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3.00 Credits
A special topics course, used for materials and approaches to American Studies that are either experimental in nature or not yet a regular part of the curriculum.Note: Course content varies and students can obtain a description of the current version at the American Studies office. Mode: Online sections may be offered.
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3.00 Credits
This class examines the quest for the American dream among the many populations of America by looking at its consequences for the Native American, for the African American, and for the immigrant Chinese, Italians, and Puerto Ricans. Members of all these ethnic groups will be interviewed to try to understand their perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the way American values have shaped technology and how technology has shaped American life, placing contemporary problems in a historical perspective. Materials are drawn from social history, literature, visual arts, film, advertising, and polemical prose. May also include working with collections at the Franklin Institute.Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core Science & Technology Second Level (SB) requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the importance of place in determining the character of American culture. A variety of materials, visual and textual, are used to examine the way our lives are shaped by the home, the design of the city, and the suburban and regional areas beyond the city. The extent to which places hold their identities in the face of mass culture and megalopolis is also explored.
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