American Studies

Description:

American Studies is a quintessentially interdisciplinary endeavor that seeks to cut across disciplinary boundaries in its analysis of U.S. society and culture. It examines the historical, social and cultural underpinnings of what is commonly referred to as the "American experience." The intellectual signature of Tufts' American Studies Program is its emphasis on how the intersecting dynamics of race, ethnicity, class, and gender produce dissimilar "American" experiences for individuals and groups, and how political, economic and social systems shape crucial public domains such as education, health, work and the environment. We are also interested in critical studies of representation in the performing arts, the visual arts, humanities and popular culture. American Studies has also been increasingly concerned with the ways that other countries perceive and interpret the United States, and conversely, how people in the United States perceive and represent their neighbors inside and outside of the Western hemisphere.

Location: Eaton Hall

Phone: (617) 627-2311

Email: kathy.spagnoli@tufts.edu

Web Site: http://ase.tufts.edu/amstud/about/about.html

Abbreviation: AMER

Category: Academic Departments