| 28 March |
Course Introduction
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| 30 March |
Road Scholar screened in class
Internet Resources:
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| 4 April |
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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 |
| 6 April |
Required
Reading:
- Jacqueline Taylor, "Performing Commitment"
- Eduardo Santiago, "The Night Rodney King Kissed Me"
Internet Resources:
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| Communication and Age |
| 11 April |
Required
Reading:
- Eric Klinenberg, "Dying Alone"
Internet Resources:
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| 13 April |
Required
Reading:
- James Lull, "On the Communicative Properties of Music"
Internet Resources:
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| Immigration, Integration, and Conflict |
| 18 April |
Required
Reading:
- Dwight Conquergood, "Life in Big Red: Struggles and Accommodations
in a Chicago Polyethnic Tenement"
Internet Resources:
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| 20 April |
| Cultural Context Presentations |
| 25 April |
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 and Class in America |
| 27 April |
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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| 2 May |
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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| 4 May |
Required
Reading:
- Judith Martin, Robert Krizek, et al. "What Do White People
Want to Be Called?"
- "Damsels in Distress"
- "Media Under Fire"
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| 9 May |
| Cultural Context Presentations |
| Popular Culture as Intercultural Communication |
| 11 May |
Required
Reading:
- Gilbert Rodman, "Race . . . and Other Four Letter Words: Eminem
and the Cultural Politics of Authenticity"
Internet Resources:
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| 16 May |
Required Reading:
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Last Due Date for Analysis Papers |
| 18 May |
Required
Reading:
- "Pro Vs. Pro: Vietnam Feature for gamepro.com"
Internet Resources:
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| 23 May |
Required
Reading:
- Eileen Luhr, "Metal Missionaries to the Nation: Christian Heavy
Metal Music, 'Family Values,' and Youth Culture, 1984-1994"
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| 25 May |
Required
Reading:
- Isabel Molina Guzman and Angharad Valdivia, “Brain, Brow,
and Booty: Latina Iconicity in U.S. Popular Culture”
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| 30 May |
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Class Review
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| 1 June |
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Conferences
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| 5 June |
| Final Papers Due by Noon |