Course Description
Offers an in-depth examination of the major themes and debates in, as well as theories and methods of, American cultural history of the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries.
Athena Title
COLLOQ US CULTURE
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course will introduce students to the discipline and practice of American cultural history. The emphasis will be on the intensive reading of major articles and monographs with occasional detours into cultural theory.
Topical Outline
1. What is Culture? 2. Beginnings 3. The Incorporation of America (Gilded Age) 4. Cultural Imperialism 5. Cold War Culture 6. Movement Culture 7. Everyday Values 8. The Pop Self