Disciplinary approaches drawn from literature, history, art history, architecture, film, anthropology, sociology, etc. Required for students minoring in American studies. An introduction to African-American literature in the context of a variety of cultural perspectives. Photography and American Culture Interdisciplinary study of the relationship between photography and the literature, art, politics, and history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Introduces theories of photography as well as works of individual artists.
Topics vary from year to year.
Film in American Culture Advanced, focused study of American cinema. Topics vary from year to year and with instructor. Interdisciplinary study of the varied nature of American religious experience and its relationship to other aspects of American culture. Team-taught course studying the impact of gender on the lives and works of selected American artists. Not offered every year.