2008-09 BM2 Introduction to Anglophone Cultural Studies, Part 1

• Outline of the entire program - draft
• Tutorials Michaela Koch Fr 12-14/ Florian Gubisch Mo 12-14, beginning with Oct. 10th.

Portfolio Requirements

The Portfolio for the entire module (parts 1 and 2) includes 6 items:

• Portfolio requirements for BM2, Part 1 -- 3 KP:

• 1 Written Test (40% of the final mark) -- January 14, 2009.

• Portfolio requirements for BM2, Part 2 -- 3 KP:

• 3 Assignements (60% of the final mark) (Week 4, 7, and 10 of term)

Tutorials

The tutorials have their own page at 2008-09 BM2 Tutorials

Reading List (A -suggested- Selection), to be cont'd

• Alexander, Jeffrey C. and Steven Seidman, eds. Culture and Society: Contemporary Debates. Cambridge et al.: Cambridge UP, 1990.
• Bové, Paul. Mastering Discourse: The Politics of Intellectual Culture. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1992.
• Boyer, Paul S., Clifford E. Clark, Jr. et al., eds. The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People. Concise 4th ed. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.
• Brantlinger, Patrick. Crusoe’s Footprints: Cultural Studies in Britain and America. New York: Routledge, 1990.
• Clifford, James. The Predicament of Culture: Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard UP, 1988.
• Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
• Hartley, John and Roberta E. Pearson. American Cultural Studies: A Reader. Oxford et al.: Oxford UP, 2000.
• Holtkamp, Wolfgang. Rediscovering America: New Approaches to American Culture. Stuttgart et al.: Metzler, 2001.
• Jenks, Christ. Culture. Key Ideas. Series Ed. Peter Hamilton. London & New York: Routledge, 1993.
• Marchart, Oliver. Cultural Studies. Konstanz: UVK Verl.-Ges., 2008.
• Nünning, Ansgar and Roy Sommer, eds. Kulturwissenschaftliche Literaturwissenschaft: Disziplinäre Ansätze –Theoretische Positionen – Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 2004.
• O’Sullivan, Tim. Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies. London et al.: Routledge, 1995.
• Rohr, Susanne, ed. Making America: The Cultural Work of Literature. Heidelberg: Winter, 2000.
• Saldívar, José David. Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studies. Berkeley et al.: U of California P, 1997.
• Williams, Patrick, ed. Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader. New York, NY et al.: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993.