Об этом курсе: The United States has always been a source of fascination — both attraction and repulsion — for the people of France, Mexico, China, and African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Sudan. "America Through Foreign Eyes" is a rich, interdisciplinary, international course that features Rice University faculty from a variety of disciplines and area studies. Focused on perceptions of America abroad, the course is a cross between World Cultures and American Studies. The course features four modules, each covering the perceptions and interactions of particular regions with America, Americans and Americanization.
Автор: Rice University
Преподаватели: Dr. Anne S. Chao, Lecturer
Rice UniversityПреподаватели: Dr. Julie Fette, Associate Professor
Rice UniversityПреподаватели: Dr. Jeffrey Fleisher, Associate Professor
Rice UniversityПреподаватели: Dr. Moramay López-Alonso, Associate Professor
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НЕДЕЛЯ 1
Introduction
The United States has always been a source of fascination— both attraction and repulsion — for the people of France, Mexico, China, and African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Sudan. America Through Foreign Eyes is a rich, interdisciplinary, international course that features Rice faculty from a variety of disciplines and area studies. Focused on perceptions of America abroad, the course is a cross between World Cultures and American Studies. The course features four modules, each covering the perceptions and interactions of particular regions with America, Americans and Americanization.
4 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Welcome Survey (complete before beginning course)
- Reading: How To Complete This Course
- Discussion Prompt: Introduction Discussion #1
- Видео: Chapter 1: America through Foreign Eyes: Introduction to Course
- Видео: Chapter 2: Perceptions of Other Cultures: Generalizations, Essentialisms, and Stereotypes
- Видео: Chapter 3: Student Approaches and Course Material
- Discussion Prompt: Introduction Discussion #2
- Reading: Chapter 1, 2, 3: Further Explorations
- Reading: Introduction Bibliography
Оцениваемый: Introduction
America through African Eyes
The United States has always been a source of fascination for Africans. African observers and travelers are rarely indifferent to American culture and people. This module, “America Through African Eyes,” examines historical and contemporary perceptions of America, Americans, and Americanization through the lens of African writers, politicians, intellectuals, refugees, and local citizens. Taught by Dr. Jeffrey Fleisher, a professor of Archeology, this module will cover the four themes of the course: Democracy and Modernity; Globalization and Capitalism; Racism and Immigration; and Intellectual and Cultural Life.
8 видео, 9 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тренировочных теста
- Видео: Chapter 2: Africans Appropriating Americans: Elvis and the Chewa of Malawi
- Reading: Chapter 2: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 3: Africans Appropriating Americans: Tupac Shakur in Sierra Leone
- Reading: Chapter 3: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: Africa - Check for Understanding 1
- Видео: Chapter 4: Africans in America: America through Enslaved Peoples' Eyes
- Reading: Chapter 4: Selections from the Narratives of Captured Slaves
- Reading: Chapter 4: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 5: Africans in America: Sudanese Refugees in America: Navigating America in the Twentieth Century
- Discussion Prompt: Africa Discussion #1
- Reading: Chapter 5: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 6: Africans in America: Africans and Race in America
- Reading: Chapter 6: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: Africa - Check for Understanding 2
- Видео: Chapter 7: African-Americans and Africans in Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah, American Civil Rights, and Ghanaian Independence
- Reading: Chapter 7: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 8: African-Americans and Africans in Ghana: Slave Tourism: How West Africans see African-American Tourists
- Reading: Chapter 8: Further Explorations
- Discussion Prompt: Africa Discussion #2
- Reading: Africa Bibliography
Оцениваемый: America through African Eyes
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
America Through Chinese Eyes
The United States has always been a source of fascination for the people of China. Chinese observers and travelers are rarely indifferent to American culture and people. This module, “America Through Chinese Eyes,” examines historical and contemporary perceptions of America, Americans, and Americanization through the lens of Chinese writers, artists, politicians, intellectuals, and public opinion. Taught by Dr. Anne Chao, a professor of History, this module will cover the four themes of the course: Democracy and Modernity; Globalization and Capitalism; Racism and Immigration; and Intellectual and Cultural Life.
14 видео, 10 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Chapter 1: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 2: First Contact with America and the West
- Reading: Chapter 2: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 3: China's Entry Into the World: Opium, the Unequal Treaties and the Exclusion Act
- Reading: Chapter 3: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: China - Check for Understanding 1
- Видео: Chapter 4: From Reform to Revolution
- Reading: Chapter 4: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 5: The New Culture Movement
- Discussion Prompt: China Discussion #1
- Reading: Chapter 5: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 6: Madame Chiang Kaishek: A Study in Chinese and American Interactions in the Republican Era
- Reading: Chapter 6: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: China - Check for Understanding 2
- Видео: Chapter 7: America as Enemy and as Friend: The Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution and the Ping-Pong Diplomacy
- Reading: Chapter 7: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 8: China's Re-Entry into the World
- Reading: Chapter 8: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 9: Taiwan and Hong Kong
- Reading: Chapter 9: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 10: Voices from China and Taiwan
- Discussion Prompt: China Discussion #2
- Reading: China Bibliography
- Видео: Chen Lei, December 7, 2014, Interviewed by Dr. Anne Chao
- Видео: Feng Yu, December 7, 2014, Interviewed by Dr. Anne Chao
- Видео: Jorge Liu, August 17, 2014, Interviewed by Dr. Anne Chao
- Видео: Li Zhonggui, August 13, 2014, Interviewed by Dr. Anne Chao
Оцениваемый: America through Chinese Eyes
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
America Through French Eyes
The United States has always been a source of fascination for the people of France. French observers and travelers are rarely indifferent to American culture and people. This module, “America Through French Eyes,” examines historical and contemporary perceptions of America, Americans, and Americanization through the lens of French writers, artists, politicians, intellectuals, and public opinion. Taught by Dr. Julie Fette, a professor of French Studies, this module will cover the four themes of the course: Democracy and Modernity; Globalization and Capitalism; Racism and Immigration; and Intellectual and Cultural Life.
15 видео, 11 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Chapter 1: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 2: America: Land of Democracy
- Reading: Chapter 2: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 3: America = Modernity
- Reading: Chapter 3: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: France - Check for Understanding 1
- Видео: Chapter 4: American Capitalism: Mass Production, Mass Consumption, and Inequality
- Reading: Chapter 4: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 5: Globalization and the Cultural Exception
- Discussion Prompt: France Discussion #1
- Reading: Chapter 5: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 6: Racism and Xenophobia in the United States and France
- Reading: Chapter 6: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: France - Check for Understanding 2
- Видео: Chapter 7: Religion and Secularism
- Reading: Chapter 7: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 8: Franco-American Cultural Exchange: Art, Artists, and Art Patrons
- Reading: Chapter 8: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 9: Intellectual Life: The American University
- Видео: Chapter 9: Simone de Beauvoir at Rice, by Melissa Kean
- Reading: Chapter 9: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 10: America as Hyperreality
- Reading: Chapter 10: Further Explorations
- Discussion Prompt: France Discussion #2
- Reading: France Bibliography
- Видео: Marie Darrieussecq, May 20, 2015, Interviewed by Dr. Julie Fette
- Видео: Eric Fassin, May 19, 2015, Interviewed by Dr. Julie Fette
- Видео: Fabrice Morel, May 22, 2015, Interviewed by Dr. Julie Fette
- Видео: Jean-Loup Chrétien, December 7, 2016, Interviewed by Dr. Julie Fette
Оцениваемый: America through French Eyes
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
America Through Mexican Eyes
The United States has always been a source of fascination for the people of Mexico. Mexican observers and travelers are rarely indifferent to American culture and people. This module, “ America Through Mexican Eyes,” examines historical and contemporary perceptions of America, Americans, and Americanization through the lens of Mexican writers, artists, politicians, intellectuals, and public opinion. Taught by Dr. Moramay López-Alonso, a professor of History, this module will cover the four themes of the course: Democracy and Modernity; Globalization and Capitalism; Racism and Immigration; and Intellectual and Cultural Life.
10 видео, 11 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тренировочных теста
- Reading: Chapter 1: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 2: The Gringo, Yankee, and American
- Reading: Chapter 2: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 3: Immigration
- Reading: Chapter 3: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: Mexico - Check for Understanding 1
- Видео: Chapter 4: Racism
- Reading: Chapter 4: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 5: Religion
- Discussion Prompt: Mexico Discussion #1
- Reading: Chapter 5: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 6: Temples of Knowledge: Education, Universities and Libraries
- Reading: Chapter 6: Further Explorations
- Practice Quiz: Mexico - Check for Understanding 2
- Видео: Chapter 7: Food
- Reading: Chapter 7: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 8: American Women
- Reading: Chapter 8: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 9: Capitalism and Modernity
- Reading: Chapter 9: Further Explorations
- Видео: Chapter 10: Democracy and Empire
- Reading: Chapter 10: Further Explorations
- Discussion Prompt: Mexico Discussion #2
- Reading: Mexico Bibliography
Оцениваемый: America through Mexican Eyes
Reversing the Gaze
This course has explored how the United States has been a source of fascination for African, Chinese, French, and Mexican people. What happens when we “reverse the gaze?” This module examines historical and contemporary perceptions of Africa, China, France, and Mexico through American eyes. Join all four instructors for informal conversations over a meal at various Houston restaurants about American perceptions of the world.
6 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: Chapter 2: Reversing the Gaze: China through American Eyes
- Видео: Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Fung
- Видео: Chapter 3: Reversing the Gaze: France through American Eyes
- Видео: Chapter 4: Reversing the Gaze: Mexico through American Eyes
- Discussion Prompt: Reversing the Gaze Discussion #1
- Discussion Prompt: Reversing the Gaze Discussion #2
- Discussion Prompt: Reversing the Gaze Discussion #3
- Видео: Rice Students Discuss America Through Foreign Eyes
- Reading: End-of-Course Survey (complete after finishing the course)
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Great course
I enjoyed this course. The presentation is lively and maintains interest throughout. It is a fascinating subject and the course gave me lots to think about.
This class was very enjoyable. It made me as an American stop and take a more comprehensive look at how other countries and people look at as and individuals and as a whole.
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I have taken many MOOC on-line courses, and I would rate this course as one of the best. The four presenters were excellent, and engaged me completely in the course. I enjoyed the quizzes and the video interviews. Is the course studied by students at Rice University? I hope so as it provides an insight into other cultures.
A big thanks to the course organisers and presenters.
George Thomas
Xàbia, Spain