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Lecturer(s)
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Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Manifest Destiny - the concept, 2. Melting pot or tossed dalad, 3. Race, 4. Migration, 5. USA and other countries in the Americas, 6. African Americans, 7. Asian Americans, 8. Native Americans, 9. Colonialism, 10. Social movements, 11. Ethnicity and nationalism, 12. National history.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
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Learning outcomes
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The course is taught in Czech. The course aims at introducing the students to selected topics in Cultural Anthropology of American culture and society, covering such topics as migration, minorities, religions, colonialism, cultural memory, cultural idnetity, national history, etc.
The course is taught in Czech. After the successfull completion of the course students are able to describe selected topics American society and culture from the perspective of Cultural Anthropology, clarify selected topics American society and culture from the perspective of Cultural Anthropology, discuss selected topics American society and culture from the perspective of Cultural Anthropology.
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Prerequisites
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Not specified.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Essay, Student performance, Seminar Work, Written exam
Final written test, presentation, final essay.
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Recommended literature
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DeVita, P. R.- Armstrong, J. D. (eds). (2016). Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture. Long Grove.
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Takaki, R. (2008). A different mirror. New York.
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Tindall, George B., David E. Shi. (2008). Dějiny Spojených států amerických. Lidové noviny.
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