Cultural Landscapes:
Slide-Lecture Topics & Readings

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  Slide-Lecture Topics

Assigned Readings  
Numbers refer to Vogeler (be patient, pdf files load slowly)
Names refer to the Supplemental Readings (handout)

1)

  Introduction   
  1) Components of the Cultural Landscape 1.  Cultural Landscape Analysis
  2) Culture, Place, and Landscape Concepts   Lewis

2)

   Utopian Landscapes (do self test #1)  2.   Communal Landscapes
  1) Extinct Ones: Shakers, Oneida, Zoarist, Amana  
  2) Practicing Ones: Amish, Old Order Mennonites, Hutterites  
Do self test #2 before FIRST TEST

3)

   Religious Landscapes 3.  Religious Landscapes
  1) Mormons in Utah  
  2) Roman Catholics in Quebec Rinschede, Widdis
  3) Roman Catholics in central Minnesota Mercer

4)

   Landscapes of Racism (do self test #3)  
  1) Indian Reservations 4-1.  Indian Reservations
  2) African-Americans in the South 4-2.  Landscapes of Slavery
  3) U.S.-Mexican Borderlands 4-3.  U.S.-Mexican Borderlands
  4) Japanese Internment Camps 4-4.  Japanese Concentration Camps
Do self test #4 before SECOND TEST

5)

   Social Geography of U.S. Cities: Chicago  Ethnicity, Race, and Class; Kirchherr

6)

   Placeless Landscapes (do self test #5) 6.  Auto and Postmodern Landscapes
  1) Central Business Districts  
  2) Commercial Strips and Suburbia  

7)

   Sin & Sexist Landscapes (do self test #6) 7.  Sin and Sexist Landscapes
  1) Las Vegas: Gambling and Prostitution Riccio
  2) New Orleans: Southern  "Hospitality"  

8)

   Real Fantasy Landscapes (do self test #7) 8.  Real Fantasy Landscapes
  1) Hollywood: Movie Sets and Movie Star Homes  Winsberg;
  2) Disneyland: the "Happiest" Place on Earth 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