Listed in: American Studies, as AMST-468
Formerly listed as: AMST-68 | ENGL-95 | HIST-83
Kiara M. Vigil (Section 01)
This course aims to provide a "how to" of American Studies from an integrative, multiracial, and socio-cultural perspective. It also takes on the task of surveying the development of American Studies as an interdisciplinary field, while paying attention to the theoretical concerns and bodies of work that have influenced American Studies scholars over the last half century. Students will be exposed to and experiment with a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, gain a working competence in debates and approaches, and study a range of materials—visual, literary, print, digital, audio—via a traditionally interdisciplinary American Studies praxis. In the process they will develop rhetorical analyses, gather ethnographic data, and do close readings of assorted texts, spaces, and buildings. We will read the recent American Studies: A User's Guide by Philip J. Deloria and Alexander I. Olson, in addition to several model monographs that represent central issues in studies of American culture and history and will learn library research, archival research, and legal research skills. Students will complete a "work-in-progress" presentation as part of a public mini-conference, as well as an annotated bibliography, and a research prospectus.
Limited to 18 students. Open to juniors and seniors as a research seminar; or with consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor Vigil.
Section 01
Th 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM FAYE 217
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Studies: A User's Guide | University of California Press | Deloria, Philip and Olsen, Alexander I. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Aloha America: Hula Circuits Through the US Empire | Duke University Press | Imada, Adria | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Racial Formation in the United States | Routledge | Omi, Michael and Winant, Howard | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Asian America: Sociological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives | Polity Press | Dhingra and Rodriguez | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| A Grounded Identidad: Making New Lives in Chicago's Puerto Rican Neighborhoods | Oxford University Press | Rua, Merida | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965 | University of North Carolina Press | Hernandez, Kelly Lytle | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.