Lehrende/r: Univ. Prof. Dr. Winfried Herget
Veranstaltungsart: Vorlesung
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Lec.AmericanStudies2
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | -
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: DIES IST DIE VORLESUNG UND NICHT DER CULTURAL STUDIES-KURS: SIE KÖNNEN NUR DIE VORLESUNG ODER DEN CULTURAL STUDIES-KURS BESUCHEN! Melden Sie sich in keinem Fall für beides an!
Inhalt: Americans like to call themselves a “nation of immigrants”. What is often overlooked or forgotten are the controversies each wave of new arrivals caused. The lecture course will discuss the arguments and pseudo-arguments (used to cover up specific interests and power constellations) put forward to prevent newcomers to share the “plenty of America”. Until the 1960s and even today, the US practiced a restrictive immigration policy. This year, the Obama administration will try to reform that policy and to find a way of how to deal with the millions of people who live in the US without having properly immigrated (illegal immigrants).
Zusätzliche Informationen: Please note that the 2 hour course consits of the lecture (45min) followed by a discussion section which will take a closer look at selected texts and issues raised during the lecture.
