CAST 443 - Colloquium: Crisis of Confidence: American History and Culture in the 1970s

Next Offered: 2016-2017
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, WINT

Explores the decade between the `groovy 60s’ and `Age of Reagan’ as a distinct era in American history and a critical period whose legacies continue to inform our contemporary world. Through consideration of developments including Watergate, the oil crisis, white backlash, the `Battle of the Sexes,’ and punk music, we interrogate how such moments shed light on contestations over national identity, inclusion, and power in an era regarded as a high point of American cynicism.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: S. Lee
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 443