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American Studies Program Records

 Collection
Call Number: UA083

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records generated by the American Studies Program.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989 -- 1996

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Access

This collection contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.This collection may require review before it is available for use. Please contact DCA for further details

Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see "Reproductions and Use" on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. Copyright to all materials created by Tufts University employees in the course of their work is held by the Trustees of Tufts University.

Biographical / Historical

The American Studies major was first offered at Tufts in the Fall of 1980. The program was designed to offer students the opportunity "to focus their undergraduate studies on the American experience; to do so from the points of view of several disciplines, including one that is pursued in sufficient depth to gain confidence with its methodology; and to seek connections and integration in the knowledge of the American experience derived from different disciplines with the goal of establishing intellectual coherence." (Tufts University Bulletin, 1980-1981).

As of 2012, the American Studies program "examines the historical, social and cultural underpinnings of what is commonly referred to as the "American experience." The intellectual signature of Tufts' American Studies Program is its emphasis on how the intersecting dynamics of race, ethnicity, class, and gender produce dissimilar "American" experiences for individuals and groups, and how political, economic and social systems shape crucial public domains such as education, health, work and the environment. We are also interested in critical studies of representation in the performing arts, the visual arts, humanities and popular culture. American Studies has also been increasingly concerned with the ways that other countries perceive and interpret the United States, and conversely, how people in the United States perceive and represent their neighbors inside and outside of the Western hemisphere." (American Studies: Main).

Extent

.37 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Arrangement

This collection is organized in two series: Annual Reports and Unprocessed accessions.

Processing status

This collection is partially processed.

Repository Details

Part of the Tufts Archival Research Center Repository

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