Cultural Landscapes:
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You are responsible for all
bold links, which are mostly UWEC web
pages; you are not responsible for non-bold links, which are mostly at off-campus web
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cultural landscapes around the world
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Slide-Lecture Topics |
Assigned
Readings |
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Introduction | |
| 1) Components of the Cultural Landscape | Chapter 1; pp. 3-14, 20-22, 33-64; | |
| 2) Culture, Place, and Landscape Concepts | Lewis; 109-120,139-140 | |
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Utopian Landscapes (do self test #1) | |
| 1) Extinct Ones: Shakers, Oneida, Zoarist, Amana | pp. 61-64; | |
| 2) Practicing Ones: Amish, Old Order Mennonites, Hutterites | pp. 138-139, 120-122 | |
| Do self test #2 before FIRST TEST | ||
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Religious Landscapes | |
| 1) Mormons in Utah | pp. 173-177; | |
| 2) Roman Catholics in Quebec | pp. 22-33, 94-100; | |
| 3) Roman Catholics in central Minnesota | Rinschede, Widdis, Mercer | |
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Landscapes of Racism (do self test #3) | |
| 1) Indian Reservations | study maps on pp. 30-31; | |
| 2) Japanese Internment Camps | pp. 14-20; | |
| 3) African-Americans in the South | pp. 29-31, 162-164; | |
| 4) U.S.-Mexican Borderlands | pp. 29, 31, 130-131, 162-164 | |
| Do self test #4 before SECOND TEST | ||
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Social Geography of U.S. Cities: Chicago | Ethnicity, Race, and Class; pp. 128-129; Kirchherr |
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Placeless Landscapes (do self test #5) | |
| 1) Central Business Districts | pp. 177-185 | |
| 2) Commercial Strips and Suburbia | ||
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Sin & Sexist Landscapes (do self test #6) | |
| 1) Las Vegas: Gambling and Prostitution | pp. 136-139; Riccio | |
| 2) New Orleans: Southern "Hospitality" | ||
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Real Fantasy Landscapes (do self test #7) | |
| 1) Hollywood: Movie Sets and Movie Star Homes | Chapter 6; pp. 134-138; Winsberg; | |
| 2) Disneyland: the "Happiest" Place on Earth | pp. 129-134; Rapping | |
| 3) Frontier Myth and Cowboy Culture | ||
| Do self test #8 before FINAL EXAM Also provide an evaluation of the course and me. | ||
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| Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 June 1996; last revised on 24 September 2008 | ||