Ideals like the melting pot have become a thing of the past. Today multiculturalism has come to dominate the discourse of culture in America. Is this just political correctness rearing its head or has America truly embraced cultural pluralism, leaving phenomenon like Americanization behind? In this course we will trace the development of the multicultural ideology in America, after which we shall take a critical look at historical accounts, social commentary and American fiction in order to see for ourselves how certain groups experience their minority or immigrant status. We shall be using a reader to investigate the abovementioned phenomenon. Please pick up the reader from the copy shop (Kopiersysteme Ewald Priebe, Segerothstr. 81) shortly before the first session. |
