| 5 Jan |
Course Introduction
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| 7 Jan |
Road Scholar screened in class
Internet Resources:
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| 12 Jan |
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Required
Reading:
- Judith Martin, Thomas Nakayma, and Lisa Flores, "A Dialectical
Approach to Intercultural Communication"
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| Narratives about Intercultural Life |
| 14 Jan |
Required
Reading:
- Jacqueline Taylor, "Performing Commitment"
- Eduardo Santiago, "The Night Rodney King Kissed Me"
Internet Resources:
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| Communication and Age |
| 19 Jan |
Required
Reading:
- Eric Klinenberg, "Dying Alone"
Internet Resources:
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| 21 Jan |
Required
Reading:
- James Lull, "On the Communicative Properties of Music"
Internet Resources:
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| Immigration, Integration, and Conflict |
| 26 Jan |
Required
Reading:
- Dwight Conquergood, "Life in Big Red: Struggles and Accommodations
in a Chicago Polyethnic Tenement" (PDF is in 2 parts. Print both
parts.)
Internet Resources:
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| 28 Jan |
| Cultural Context Presentations |
| 2 Feb |
Required Reading:
- Fernaanda Eberstadt, "A Frenchman or a Jew?"
- Elaine Sciolino, "France Envisions a Citizenry of Model Muslims"
- Manthia Diawara, "The Pretender"
Internet Resources:
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| Race, Class, and Gender in America |
| 4 Feb |
Required
Reading:
- Lisa Jones, "Is Biracial Enough? (or, What's This About a Multiracial
Category on the Census?: A Conversation)"
Internet Resources:
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| 9 Feb |
Required
Reading:
- Mark Edmundson, "On Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College
Students"
- Earl Shorris, "On Education: As a Weapon in the Hands of the Restless
Poor"
Internet Resources:
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| 11 Feb |
Required
Reading:
- Laurel Sutton, “Bitches and Skankly Hobags: The Place of Women
in Contemporary Slang”
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| 16 Feb |
| Cultural Context Presentations |
| Popular Culture as Intercultural Communication |
| 18 Feb |
Required
Reading:
- Gilbert Rodman, "Race . . . and Other Four Letter Words: Eminem
and the Cultural Politics of Authenticity"
Internet Resources:
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Last Due Date for Analysis Papers |
| 23 Feb |
Required Reading:
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| 25 Feb |
Required
Reading:
- "Pro Vs. Pro: Vietnam Feature for gamepro.com"
Internet Resources:
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| 2 March |
Required
Reading:
- Eileen Luhr, "Metal Missionaries to the Nation: Christian Heavy
Metal Music, 'Family Values,' and Youth Culture, 1984-1994"
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| 4 March |
Required
Reading:
- Isabel Molina Guzman and Angharad Valdivia, “Brain, Brow,
and Booty: Latina Iconicity in U.S. Popular Culture”
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| 9 March |
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Class Review
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| 11 March |
| Student Conferences |
| 16 March |
| Final Papers Due by 1:00 at my LPC office
or mailbox (5th Floor SAC) |