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050 671 Zucker Republicans, 4 CP 2 st. di 14-16 GB 02/60 Conventional wisdom holds the Grand Old Party (also known as the Republicans) to be the conservative political choice in America's current two-party system – conservative to an extent sometimes felt to be extreme by European standards. From our perspective (surveys showed that only some 7% of Germans favored the latest Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney), Republican positions often appear enigmatic, backward-looking and confrontational. What is less well-known is that the Republicans have not always represented the neo-conservative, market liberal and religiously infused positions of the Reagan and Bush administrations, but started out in the 1850s as a progressive anti-slavery platform that produced what many from both ends of the political spectrum consider the greatest presidency of all: Abraham Lincoln's. Consequently, upon closer inspection, one finds that every Iraq War, PATRIOT Act or Watergate scandal that a Republican presided over is historically counterbalanced by, e.g., the abolition of slavery and the end of the Cold War. This seminar aims to critically examine from a variety of angles the past and present of the Republican Party in order to establish a more complete understanding of this key part of US (political) culture. Sub-topics may include case studies of successful (and also some of the more scandal-ridden) Republican-led administrations, an examination of policy shifts in the party, including the current Tea Party movement, the party's links to the Christian Right as well as pop-cultural responses to these more controversial aspects of national politics. A course reader containing relevant texts will be made available in the first session. Assessment/requirements: active participation, several short homework assignments and final exam or term paper (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit).
Übungen --- --- Versteegen Legal TV in Britain and the USA, 3 CP 2 st. do 12-14 GB 03/46 (vgl. 050 667) In an era where TV programmes seem to be undergoing a development of increasing globalisation and standardisation, spearheaded by forever new American-produced formats, it is interesting to note that law-related television (legal drama, legal comedy, legal documentaries, reality court shows etc.) continues to exhibit a distinctly national flavour in the USA, in the UK, and also in Germany. The course will explore the most important genres of modern legal TV on both sides of the Atlantic and will also draw the occasional comparison with Germany. We will look at the development of the various formats on British and American television channels over the last fifty years and will analyse the roles they play in the various countries’ popular cultures and legal cultures. Materials will be provided in a course reader and on blackboard. Assessment/requirements: active participation and minutes of one class meeting (four pages) or summary of one pertinent critical article (either to be submitted as a written paper of three to four pages or to be given as a short classroom presentation). --- --- Kindinger/Steinhoff Writing Women and Women’s Writing in the Late Nineteenth Century, 3 CP 2 st. mi 10-12 GB 03/46 (vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 656) The late nineteenth century in American culture and society is understood as a time of great upheaval. Due to changes in the political, economic, social and domestic spheres, after the Civil War and at the dawn of the twentieth century, new power structures are negotiated. In this class, students will be introduced to literary and cultural debates about gender in late nineteenth-century writing by women and about women. Questions we will raise include: How was womanhood constructed? Were women confined to the domestic sphere only? And how did representations of gender intersect with race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality? We will address different ideals of womanhood as created for instance in cookbooks, advice books, and women’s
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