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AMSTUD 1B: Media, Culture, and Society (COMM 1B)

The institutions and practices of mass media, including television, film, radio, and digital media, and their role in shaping culture and social life. The media's shifting relationships to politics, commerce, and identity.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Turner, F. (PI)

AMSTUD 2: Introduction to American National Government and Politics (POLISCI 2)

The role and importance of the ideal of democracy in the evolution of the American political system. American political institutions (the Presidency, Congress, and the Court) and political processes (the formation of political attitudes and voting) are examined against the backdrop of American culture and political history. The major areas of public policy in the current practice of the ideal of democracy.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI

AMSTUD 12: Race, Poverty and Disaster Relief

An Exploration of pre and post-Katrina New Orleans, is Hillel at Stanford¿s preparation course for all students participating in Hillel¿s alternative spring break trip to New Orleans from March 25-April 2. Professors and other speakers from a variety of fields will offer perspectives on the historical, racial, and political context for the disastrous effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast. This course will also offer Jewish and secular perspectives on service, emphasizing the importance of questioning our motivations and approaches to helping others.
Terms: Win | Units: 1
Instructors: Fishkin, S. (PI)

AMSTUD 15A: IDA Integrative Seminar: Occupy Art - Immigration, Nation, and the Art of Occupation (AFRICAAM 15A, COMPLIT 36, CSRE 15A, ENGLISH 15A)

This course consists of film screenings, dialogues, and performances that engage critically with the theme of Occupation across contexts, exploring both the potential and limitations of the art of Occupation. Students will engage some of the most provocative artists, writers, and thinkers of our times to consider the purpose of the arts across diverse communities that engage Occupation in local, transnational and global perspective.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-4

AMSTUD 25N: Understanding the Sixties (SOC 25N)

Preference to freshmen. The tendency of critics to view the 60s through ideological lenses as either the best or worst of times has made a balanced perspective difficult to achieve. Goal is to provide a sociological explanation for the political and cultural turbulence that marked the era. The confluence of demographic, political, economic, and cultural trends that date back to at least the 30s. The ambiguous legacy of the 60s. Using the 60s to shed light on the 80s and 90s. Enrollment limited to 16.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: McAdam, D. (PI)

AMSTUD 51N: Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity (COMPLIT 51N, CSRE 51N)

We may "know" "who" we "are," but we are, after all, social creatures. How does our sense of self interact with those around us? How does literature provide a particular medium for not only self expression, but also for meditations on what goes into the construction of "the Self"? After all, don't we tell stories in response to the question, "who are you"? Besides a list of nouns and names and attributes, we give our lives flesh and blood in telling how we process the world. Our course focuses in particular on this question--Does this universal issue ("who am I") become skewed differently when we add a qualifier before it, like "ethnic"?
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP, Writing 2

AMSTUD 68N: Mark Twain and American Culture (ENGLISH 68N)

Preference to freshmen. Mark Twain has been called our Rabelais, our Cervantes, our Homer, our Tolstoy, our Shakespeare. Ernest Hemingway maintained that all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. President Franklin D.nnRoosevelt got the phrase New Deal from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Class discussions will focus on how Twain's work illuminates and complicates his society's responses to such issues as race, technology, heredity versus environment, religion, education, and what it means to be American.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors: Fishkin, S. (PI)

AMSTUD 69SI: Last Exit to Springfield: The Simpsons and American Society

Explores the ways in which the animated television sitcom "The Simpsons" reflects and critiques American culture and society. The course will examine episodes from the series as well as secondary sources. Course topics include the dynamics of humor, parody and satire as social commentary; perspectives on American politics, democracy, and gender roles in the nuclear family. Weekly interactive discussions on episodes, and articles. Final presentations.
Terms: Win | Units: 2
Instructors: Fishkin, S. (PI)

AMSTUD 101: American Fiction into Film: How Hollywood Scripts and Projects Black and White Relations

Movies and the fiction that inspires them; power dynamics behind production including historical events, artistic vision, politics, and racial stereotypes. What images of black and white does Hollywood produce to forge a national identity? How do films promote equality between the races? What is lost or gained in film adaptations of books?
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP
Instructors: Mesa, C. (PI)

AMSTUD 103: On the Road: Cars and the Auto-Mobility of Race, Gender, Class, and Age in American Literature (COMPLIT 120A)

The car in American literature, history, and culture, provides hope and makes it possible to relocate, transcend social status, and reinvent oneself. In this class we will examine how the car allows Americans to navigate identity in new ways. Readings include: Fitzgerald, Stein, Steinbeck, Escovedo-Colton, Nabokov, Barrett, Walker, Murray, Simpson, Wolfe, Kerouac, Davis, Freeman, Gilroy, Lucasi, Hamper, Moore, and Nass.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: Mesa, C. (PI)
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