Introduction to American Studies

(Cross-listed as AFR 47-01, AMER 94-04). Rethinking the concepts “America” and “American” to explore foundational myths and images, counter archives, and undocumented (forgotten, erased) knowledges. Using various media (historical documents, literary, legal and scholarly texts, visual and aural media, material artifacts, archival ephemera) and the broad interdisciplinary methods of the field of American studies to excavate the historical, ideological, and structural underpinnings of the “American” project. Situating the history and politics of the United States within broader hemispheric and global contexts.