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= final examination topics: MA, American: American Studies Theories, Cultural Studies, Visual Culture | = final examination topics: MA, American: American Studies Theories, Cultural Studies, Visual Culture | ||
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- | # Reinterpreting the âsacred textsâ of America (The Declaration of Independence, | + | # Keywords of early American culture: covenant ideas of Puritanism, Antinomianism, |
- | # Nature | + | # Keywords of modern American culture: American exceptionalism, |
- | # The intellectual history of women: | + | # Reinterpreting the âsacred textsâ of America (The Declaration of Independence, |
+ | # Manifest destiny | ||
+ | # The American dream. | ||
+ | # Class in American society. | ||
+ | # The intellectual history of women: Puritan subversion, separate spheres, women's history, | ||
+ | # Paradigms and paradigm changes in American Studies. | ||
# The âpictorial turnâ | # The âpictorial turnâ | ||
# Visual culture versus art history | # Visual culture versus art history | ||
- | # The social construction of the visual and the visual construction of the social in American culture | + | # The social construction of the visual and the visual construction of the social in American culture  |
- | # Gender | + | # Race, gender |
- | # Race and visual representation (empowerment | + | # Elite/ |
- | # US women religious leaders | + | # Representation of race and gender in popular culture |
- | # Racial tokenism | + | # Major tropes, genres, |
- | # Black market commodities | + | |
- | # The âAmerican Dreamâ vs. American socio-reality | + | |
- | # Major religions that are still recognized as cults | + | |
- | # Womenâs depection in mass media and and its role in female emancipation. | + | |
- | # Marginilization of American women in religious movements | + | |
== recommended readings | == recommended readings | ||
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- | Althen, Gary (with Doran Amanda and Szmania Susan), American Ways, 2nd Edition, Intercultural Press, 2003. | + | * Althen, Gary (with Doran Amanda and Szmania Susan), American Ways, 2nd Edition, Intercultural Press, 2003. |
- | Ehrenreich, Barbara, Bait and Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the American Dream. Holt, 2005. | + | * Ehrenreich, Barbara, Bait and Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the American Dream. Holt, 2005. |
- | Ehrenreich, Barbara, Nickel and Dimed. Holt, 2001. | + | * Ehrenreich, Barbara, Nickel and Dimed. Holt, 2001. |
- | Rothstein, Bo, Social Traps and the Problem of Trust (Theories of Institutional Design). Cambridge University Press, 2005. | + | * Rothstein, Bo, Social Traps and the Problem of Trust (Theories of Institutional Design). Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
- | McFarlane, C. K., ed., Readings in Intellectual History: The American Tradition. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. | + | * McFarlane, C. K., ed., Readings in Intellectual History: The American Tradition. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. |
- | Hollinger, David A., and Charles Capper, ed., The American Intellectual Tradition, IâII. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. | + | * Hollinger, David A., and Charles Capper, ed., The American Intellectual Tradition, IâII. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. |
- | Pease, Donald E., ed., National Identities and Post-Americanist Narratives. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994. | + | * Pease, Donald E., ed., National Identities and Post-Americanist Narratives. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994. |
- | Schlosser, Eric, Fast Food Nation. Penguin Books, 2002. | + | * Schlosser, Eric, Fast Food Nation. Penguin Books, 2002. |
- | Harley, Gail M., Emma Curtis Hopkins: Forgotten Founder of New Thought. Syracuse UP, 2002. | + | * Harley, Gail M., Emma Curtis Hopkins: Forgotten Founder of New Thought. Syracuse UP, 2002. |
- | Macionis, John, Social Problems (4th edition). Prentice Hall, 2009. | + | * Macionis, John, Social Problems (4th edition). Prentice Hall, 2009. |
- | Kerber, Linda K., No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies. Women and the Obligations of Citizenship. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. | + | * Kerber, Linda K., No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies. Women and the Obligations of Citizenship. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. |
- | Kerber, Linda K., Towards an Intellectual History of Women. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1997. | + | * Kerber, Linda K., Towards an Intellectual History of Women. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1997. |
- | Kerber, Linda K., Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1980. | + | * Kerber, Linda K., Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1980. |
- | Kerber, Linda K., Alice Kessler-Harris and Kathryn Kish Sklar, U. S. History as Womenâs History. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1995. | + | * Kerber, Linda K., Alice Kessler-Harris and Kathryn Kish Sklar, U. S. History as Womenâs History. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1995. |
- | Kerber, Linda K., and Jane Sherron de Hart, Womenâs America. Refocusing the Past. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. | + | * Kerber, Linda K., and Jane Sherron de Hart, Womenâs America. Refocusing the Past. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. |
- | Mooney, Linda, D. Knox, and C. Schacht, Understanding Social Problems (7th edition). Wadsworth, 2010. | + | * Mooney, Linda, D. Knox, and C. Schacht, Understanding Social Problems (7th edition). Wadsworth, 2010. |
- | Maddox, Lucy, ed., Locating American Studies. The Evolution of a Discipline. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1999. | + | * Maddox, Lucy, ed., Locating American Studies. The Evolution of a Discipline. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1999. |
- | Baker Eddy, Mary, Manual of the Mother Church (The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts). IndyPublish, | + | * Baker Eddy, Mary, Manual of the Mother Church (The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts). IndyPublish, |
- | Machin, David, and Theo van Leeuwen, Global Media Discourse. Routledge, 2007Â | + | * Machin, David, and Theo van Leeuwen, Global Media Discourse. Routledge, 2007Â |
- | Horwitz, Richard P., ed., The American Studies Anthology. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2001. | + | * Horwitz, Richard P., ed., The American Studies Anthology. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 2001. |
- | Phillip, Rayner, Peter Wall, Stephan Kruger, Media Studies: The Essential Resource. Routledge, 2004Â | + | * Phillip, Rayner, Peter Wall, Stephan Kruger, Media Studies: The Essential Resource. Routledge, 2004Â |
- | Kephart, William, and W. Zellner, Extraordinary Groups: An Examination of Unconventional Lifestyles, 5th ed. St. Martinâs Press, 1993. | + | * Kephart, William, and W. Zellner, Extraordinary Groups: An Examination of Unconventional Lifestyles, 5th ed. St. Martinâs Press, 1993. |
- | Kornblum, William, and J. Julian, Social Problems (13th edition). Prentice Hall, 2008. | + | * Kornblum, William, and J. Julian, Social Problems (13th edition). Prentice Hall, 2008. |
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