5EN721, 30 hp, Grundnivå

USA-kunskap B1

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Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk historia: Därtill ett urval texter online, i Studium och fotokopierat material.
Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk politik: Därtill ett urval texter online, i Studium och fotokopierat material
Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk litteratur under 1900-talet: Andra utgåvor kan användas.
Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk litteratur under 1900-talet: Allen Ginsberg, "Howl"; Hai-Dang Phan, "My Father's 'Norton Introduction to Literature,' Third Edition (1981)" (online at the Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/)
Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk litteratur under 1900-talet: Gloria Anzaldua, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" (handout)
Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikanska massmedier: Kurslitteraturen utgörs av ett kompendium som tillhandahålls av institutionen.

Required reading

Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk historia

Transnational nation: United States history in global perspective since 1789
Tyrrell, Ian R.
Second edition., 2015, Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 9781137338549, print
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Tyrrell, Ian R., Transnational nation: United States history in global perspective since 1789, Second edition., New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power
Black, Megan
2018
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Black, Megan, Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power, 2018
How to hide an empire: a short history of the greater United States
Immerwahr, Daniel
2019, The Bodley Head, an imprint of Vintage
ISBN 9781847923998, print
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Immerwahr, Daniel, How to hide an empire: a short history of the greater United States, London, The Bodley Head, an imprint of Vintage, 2019 (Valda delar läses.)
To see ourselves as others see us: how publics abroad view the United States after 9/11
Holsti, Ole R
2008, University of Michigan Press
ISBN 9780472070367, print
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Holsti, Ole R, To see ourselves as others see us: how publics abroad view the United States after 9/11, 2008

Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk politik

The Great Demographic Illusion
Alba
2020, Princeton University Press
ISBN 9780691201634, print
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Alba, The Great Demographic Illusion, Princeton University Press, 2020 (Valda kapitel läses.)
Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America
Frey, William H.
2015, Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 9780815723981, print
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Frey, William H., Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America, Brookings Institution Press, 2014 (Valda kapitel läses.)
The end of White Christian America
Jones, Robert P.
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., 2016, Simon & Schuster
ISBN 9781501122293, print
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Jones, Robert P., The end of White Christian America, First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., New York, Simon & Schuster, 2016 (Valda kapitel läses.)
Our kids: the American dream in crisis
Putnam, Robert D.
1. paperback ed. 2016, 2016, Simon & Schuster paperbacks
ISBN 9781476769899, print
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Putnam, Robert D., Our kids: the American dream in crisis, New York, Simon & Schuster, 2015
Identity Crisis
John Sides
2018, Princeton University Press
ISBN 9780691174198, print
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John Sides, Identity Crisis, Princeton University Press, 2018

Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk litteratur under 1900-talet

A Lost lady
Cather, Willa, Rosowski, Susan J., Ronning, Kari
1997, University of Nebraska Press
ISBN 9780803214279, print
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Cather, Willa; Rosowski, Susan J.; Ronning, Kari, A Lost lady, Lincoln, Neb., University of Nebraska Press, 1997
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Scribner trade paperback edition., 2004, Scribner
ISBN 9780743273565, print
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott, The great Gatsby, Scribner trade paperback edition., New York, Scribner, 2004
Cane: authoritative text
Toomer, Jean
2011, Liveright
ISBN 9780871402103, print
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Toomer, Jean, Cane: authoritative text, New York, Liveright, 2011
Ceremony
Silko, Leslie Marmon
[New ed.], 1986, Penguin
ISBN 9780140086836, print
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Silko, Leslie Marmon, Ceremony, [New ed.], Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1986 (Ny utgåva 2020.)
Sula
Morrison, Toni
1974, Vintage International
ISBN 9781400033430
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Possible editions:
- 9781400033430, 2004, Vintage International, print
- 9780375415357, 2002, Knopf Publishing Group, print
- 9788440635860, 1993, print
- 9781784876463, 2022, Vintage, print
- 9780553138450, 5. pr., 1980, Bantam books, printHeld by Uppsala University Library
- 9780701124236, 1980, Chatto & Windus, print
- 9781784879112, 2024, Vintage Classics, print
- 9780099760016, 1998, Vintage, print
- 9780586049808, Repr., 1982, Triad, print
- 9780330305006, [New ed.], 1991, Picador, printHeld by Uppsala University Library
- 9780701162054, 1993, Chatto & Windus, print
- 9780394480442, 1993, Alfred A. Knopf, print
- 9780452263499, 1982, Penguin Books, print
- 9789171610690, [Ny utg.], 1993, Trevi, print
- 9789171604972, 1980, Trevi, print
- 9789171605894, [Ny utg.], 1982, Trevi, print
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Morrison, Toni, Sula, New York, Vintage International, 2004, c1974

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Required reading

Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk historia

Transnational nation: United States history in global perspective since 1789

Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power

How to hide an empire: a short history of the greater United States

To see ourselves as others see us: how publics abroad view the United States after 9/11

Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk politik

The Great Demographic Illusion

Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America

The end of White Christian America

Our kids: the American dream in crisis

Identity Crisis

Huvudgrupp 1 › Amerikansk litteratur under 1900-talet

A Lost lady

The great Gatsby

Cane: authoritative text

Ceremony

Sula

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