Hello and welcome to the ongoing class blog for the course "Across the Map: American Regionalism" at the Universität Potsdam. The goal of this blog is to present the work of my students, who will spend Summer Semester 2013 studying the regional literature and culture of the United States with me. In order to enrich and expand our class discussions, I have assigned my students to look to popular culture for representations of various American regions and to present them here. I have asked them to "curate" these artifacts of popular culture: alongside the item itself -- be it song, film, advertisement, etc. -- they are to explain the ideas of the specific regional culture they see reflected in the artifact and then to discuss how these ideas relate to the larger themes of our course.
I look forward to what is to come in the ensuing weeks and months. One of the great pleasures of teaching for me has always been how much I can also learn from my students, and I have high hopes that this project will offer me new glimpses into the notions of American regions which circulate around the world.
Enjoy!
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