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131-458 American Nation | |
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Note | This is an advanced seminar. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr David Goodman |
Prerequisites | Usually admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in history, or admission to fourth-year combined honours in American studies. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject critically considers aspects of American nation and identity through history. Students will explore the ways in which different kinds of Americans have represented themselves as belonging to (or not) or representing the American nation. Each year the subject will focus on two or three moments in US history when the content and meaning of American nationalism was under close scrutiny and contestation. Students should complete the course having encountered some classic sites of American national representation, and having some familiarity with recent scholarship on them. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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