美国研究

学部简介

我们的课程研究美国民族, 其内部的多样性和矛盾性, 以及它在世界上的地位. Since the establishment of American studies in the early 20th century, 这个领域已扩大到包括文学, 历史, 艺术历史, 社会学, 宗教, 和音乐. It also includes film studies, queer studies, African American studies, 和 Asian American studies. 我们的课程强调社会公正.

Majors choose a concentration that adds depth 和 coherence to their coursework. We offer minors in Asian American studies 和 Latina/o studies that examine the histories, 哲学, 文化, 以及这些基团的交集, 在美国国内和国外.

学习目标

了解美国的历史和文化.
Evaluate the influence 和 impact of America beyond its borders.
Examine the racial, ethnic, 和 religious interactions that define its identity.

学习项目

美国研究专业

学生们获得了批判性思考者的技能, 有说服力的作家, 和 skillful researchers on a broad range of topics in American life.

主要的需求

辅修亚裔美国人研究

的 interdisciplinary 辅修亚裔美国人研究 examines the lives, 文化, 和 histories of people of Asian descent living in the Americas. It intersects significantly with the study of other minority groups in the United States 和 with the study of the Asia-Pacific region.

小的需求

拉丁/辅修课程

的拉丁/辅修课程 focuses on the experiences, 文化, 和 politics of people of Latin American descent living in the United States. Its interdisciplinary study of social inequalities 和 racial dynamics overlaps with fields such as Africana studies 和 Asian American studies.

小的需求

我们的教师

吉纳维芙Clutario

美国研究副教授

保罗·费雪

美国研究教授

迈克尔·杰弗里斯

Dean of Academic Affairs, Class of 1949 Chair in Ethics 和美国研究教授

艾琳马塔

美国研究副教授

佩特拉Rivera-Rideau

美国研究副教授

吉纳维芙Clutario

美国研究副教授
保罗·费雪

美国研究教授
迈克尔·杰弗里斯

Dean of Academic Affairs, Class of 1949 Chair in Ethics 和美国研究教授
艾琳马塔

美国研究副教授
佩特拉Rivera-Rideau

美国研究副教授

课程强调

亚洲/美国的美丽政治

AMST310

This course examines historical 和 contemporary contexts 和 processes of defining Asian/American beauty as well as the ways in which beauty is used to manage bodies, 定义社会等级, 获得或维持权力. 此外, 这门课问的是如何呈现美, 尤其是“美丽的身体”,” could also be used as forms of subversion 和 resistance. 看看像选美这样的网站, 化妆品消费文化, 阻力性能, 整容手术, 和 the transnational production 和 consumption of beauty influencers we will investigate how 比赛, 性别, 性, 和类 informs definitions of beauty 和 how definitions of beauty inform constructions of 比赛, 性别, 性, 和类.

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First-Year Seminar: Lessons of Childhood: Representations of Difference in Children's Media

AMST102Y-2

From Disney films to Nickelodeon cartoons to Newberry award-winning texts, popular children's media offers us the opportunity to analyze how complex issues of identity are represented in cultural productions aimed at a young 观众. This course takes as a 网站 of analysis media aimed at children to investigate the lessons imparted 和 ideologies circulate in popular films 和 books. 《皇冠体育》中的阶级是如何划分的? 语言政治在《皇冠体育》中起了什么作用? What are the sounds of masculinity in Beauty 和 the Beast? How does Mulan construct 性别, 比赛, 和 militarism? 使用交叉分析框架, 我们将追踪流行的比喻, 识别抗性图像, 和 map out the more popular messages children receive about difference in our world. (AMST 102Y和EDUC 102Y是交叉上市的课程.)
Seminar: Bad Bunny: Race, Gender, 和 Empire in Reggaeton

AMST323

贝尼托Martínez奥卡西奥, 更广为人知的名字是坏兔子, has quickly risen through the ranks to become one of the most significant 和 impactful global Latin music stars in 历史. This course explores what analyzing Bad Bunny can teach us in Latinx Studies. We will explore his role in the 2019 protests in Puerto Rico, 以及2019年夏天教给我们的皇冠体育美国的知识.S. 帝国和波多黎各政治. We will also pay particular attention to the politics of 比赛, 性别, 以及坏兔的酷儿表演. 最后, we will consider Bad Bunny as a Spanish-language “crossover” star in the United States to underst和 the place of Latinx artists in the U.S. 主流. 整体, this course will explore these topics by closely situating Bad Bunny’s work in relation to key texts in Latinx Studies regarding 比赛, 帝国, 性别, 和酷儿.

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研究突出了

保罗·费希尔教授的书， 《大事件:约翰·辛格·萨金特的世界 (麦克米兰,2022)，被评为年度最佳书籍 《纽约客》《皇冠体育》 和 《皇冠体育》. Fisher helped organize the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s 2020 exhibit Boston’s Apollo: Thomas McKeller 和 John Singer Sargent, 和 contributed to its catalog, which won the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award.
的坏兔子教学大纲, created by Professor 佩特拉Rivera-Rideau 和 Loyola Marymount University’s Professor Vanessa Diaz, is a free online resource for contextualizing the Puerto Rican reggaetón artist’s rise to superstardom. 使用音乐, 播客, 学术文章, 以及其他媒体, the syllabus explores reggaetón 历史和性别 politics, 以及对波多黎各很重要的话题, 比如LGBTQ的权利, 债务危机, 飓风玛丽亚, 比赛, 以及该岛作为联邦的地位.
In 美丽的政权 杜克大学出版社, 2023), Professor 吉纳维芙Clutario tells the story of how—in an era of overlapping imperial regimes 和 the rise of Filipino nationalism—帝国和 beauty work together 和性别 becomes a guiding lens through which imperial 和 nation-state aspirations must be understood.

在韦尔斯利

Careers of American studies graduates include the law, teaching grades K–12, 和 nonprofit work. Recent employers include Immigrant Justice Corps, BASIS Charter Schools, 和 Columbia University.