4 January |
Course Introduction
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6 January |
Road Scholar screened in class
Internet Resources:
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9 January |
Road Scholar (cont.)
Required
Reading:
- Judith Martin, Thomas Nakayma, and Lisa Flores, "A Dialectical
Approach to Intercultural Communication"
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Narratives about Intercultural Life |
11 January |
Required
Reading:
- Judith Martin, Thomas Nakayma, and Lisa Flores (cont.)
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13 January |
Required
Reading:
- Jacqueline Taylor, "Performing Commitment"
Internet Resources:
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16 January |
Required
Reading:
- Eduardo Santiago, "The Night Rodney King Kissed Me"
- Sherman Alexie, "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only
Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play 'The Star Spangled Banner' at Woodstock"
Internet Resources:
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Communication and Age |
18 January |
Required
Reading:
- James Lull, "On the Communicative Properties of Music"
Internet Resources:
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20 January |
Required
Listening (in class):
- Daniel Makagon, Bass/(super)sonicstructure
Internet Resources:
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23 January |
Required
Reading:
- Barbara Meyerhoff, "Life Not Death in Venice"
Internet Resources:
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25 January |
Required
Reading:
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27 January |
Cultural Context Presentations |
Immigration, Integration, and Conflict |
30 January |
Required
Reading:
- Dwight Conquergood, "Life in Big Red: Struggles and Accommodations
in a Chicago Polyethnic Tenement"
Internet Resources:
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1 February |
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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3 February |
Cultural Context Presentations |
Race and Class in America |
6 February |
Required
Reading:
- Mark Edmundson, "On Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students"
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8 February |
Required
Reading:
- Earl Shorris, "On Education: As a Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor"
Internet Resources:
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10 February |
Required
Reading:
- Lisa Jones, "Is Biracial Enough? (or, What's This About a Multiracial
Category on the Census?: A Conversation)"
- Joseph Berger, "Indian, Twice Removed"
Internet Resources:
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13 February |
Required
Reading:
- Thomas Nakayama and Robert Krizek, "Whiteness: A Strategic
Rhetoric"
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15 February |
Required
Reading:
- Nakayama and Krizek (cont.)/TBA
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17 February |
Cultural Context Presentations |
Popular Culture as Intercultural Communication |
20 February |
Required
Reading:
- Gilbert Rodman, "Race . . . and Other Four Letter Words: Eminem
and the Cultural Politics of Authenticity"
Internet Resources:
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22 February |
Required Reading:
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Last Due Date for Analysis Papers |
24 February |
Required
Reading:
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27 February |
Required
Reading:
- Eileen Luhr, "Metal Missionaries to the Nation: Christian Heavy
Metal Music, 'Family Values,' and Youth Culture, 1984-1994"
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1 March |
Required
Reading:
- "Pro Vs. Pro: Vietnam Feature for gamepro.com"
Internet Resources:
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3 March |
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6 March |
Required
Reading:
- Isabel Molina Guzman and Angharad Valdivia, “Brain, Brow,
and Booty: Latina Iconicity in U.S. Popular Culture”
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8 March |
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10 March |
Final Papers Due by Noon |