Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of Surrey
Course Title:
The American Century
Course Number:
ELI2036
Course Description:
This module draws attention to and interrogates the shifting correlation between the ‘self’ and ‘society’ in American culture during the twentieth century. Approaching this topic from an interdisciplinary perspective, the module explores three interrelated areas that speak to the major social, political, and aesthetic developments of the ‘American Century’:
1) Urbanisation, Commerce, and the American City,
2) Transnationalism and American Identity, and
3) Race, Nation, and the Body in Contemporary America. In addition to the set primary texts, students will examine relevant examples from film, art, music, and design that help to further illuminate these three thematic strands.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ENGH 202
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