American Culture (eBook, ePUB)

An Anthology
Redaktion: Breidlid, Anders; Sirevag, Torbjorn; Gulliksen, Oyvind T.; Brøgger, Fredrik Chr.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition includes up-to-date contemporary events and provides an introduction to American civilization. Extracts are taken from such diverse sources as political addresses, articles, interviews, oral histories and advertisements.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134235933
• Artikelnr.: 39576417

Autorenporträt

Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education and former Dean of Oslo University College. He is the co-editor with Oyvind T. Gulliksen of Aspects of American Civilization (1983) and the author of Resistance and Consciousness in Kenya and South Africa (2002). Fredrik Chr. Brøgger is Professor of American Studies at the University of Tromsø. He is the author of Culture, Language, Text: Culture Studies within the Study of English as a Foreign Language (1992). Oyvind T. Gulliksen is Professor of American Literature and Culture at Telemark University College, Bø i Telemark. He has published Twofold Identities: Norwegian-American Contributions to Midwestern Literature (2004). Torbjorn Sirevag is Professor Emeritus of American Civilization at the University of Oslo and The Norwegian School of Management (BI). He is the author of The Eclipse of the New Deal and the Fall of Vice-President Wallace 1944 (1985). He was also Director-General of Science Policy in the Norwegian Government.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Native Americans 2. Immigration 3. African Americans 4. Women's Studies 5. Government and Politics 6. Economy
Enterprise
Class 7. Geography
Regions and the Environment 8. Art
Film
Music and Popular Culture 9. Religion 10. Education 11. Language and the Media 12. Foreign Affairs 13. Ideology: Dominant Beliefs and Values