AJ27052 A Decade in U.S. History: The 1960s

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:35 G31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This cultural studies course focuses on the variety of developments (cultural, political, intel-lectual) of one of the most turbulent decades in U.S. history: the 1960s. Together we will trace the origin of discontent with American middle-class values on the part of the baby-boom generation, we will concentrate on the rise and highlights of the civil-rights movement in the American South and we will examine the importance of the Vietnam war (and particularly the resistance to it) for the mood of the decade. We will look at the intellectual debates of the day and attempt to locate them in a broader historical context; naturally, a discussion of the decade would be incomplete without an attempt at a somewhat more detached assessment of the era's legacy.
Syllabus
  • This cultural studies course focuses on the variety of developments (cultural, political, intel-lectual) of one of the most turbulent decades in U.S. history: the 1960s. Together we will trace the origin of discontent with American middle-class values on the part of the baby-boom generation, we will concentrate on the rise and highlights of the civil-rights movement in the American South and we will examine the importance of the Vietnam war (and particularly the resistance to it) for the mood of the decade. We will look at the intellectual debates of the day and attempt to locate them in a broader historical context; naturally, a discussion of the decade would be incomplete without an attempt at a somewhat more detached assessment of the era's legacy.
Literature
  • Dickstein, Morris (1989) Gates of Eden, American Culture in the Sixties, New York: Penguin Books.
  • Baritz, Loren (1985) Backfire, Vietnam - The Myths that Made us Fight, The Illusions that Helped Us Lose, The Legacy that Haunts Us Today, New York: Ballantine Books
  • Gitlin, Todd (1989). The Sixties. Years of hope, days of rage. USA: Bantam Books.
  • Roszak, Theodore(1969) The Making of a Counterculture, USA: Anchor Books
  • King, M.L., Jr. (1963) Why We Can't Wait, New York and Scarborough, Ontario: A Mentor Book.
  • Howard, Gerald, ed. (1995) The Sixties, Art, Politics and Media of our Most Exlosive Decade. New York: Marlowe & Company.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: an essay, a presentation and active participation. Hodnocení: esej, prezentace a aktivní účast.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/category.php?id=3
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2014.
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