Syllabus/achievement requirements

Scholarly Literature, Books: (ALL)

  • Nancy F. Cott, Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000).  226
  • Stephanie Coontz, Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage (Penguin, 2005) pp. 138-313.
  • Peter Wallenstien, Tell the Court I Love my Wife: Race, Marriage, and Law – An American History (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002).  260
  • Kathrina Glitre, Hollywood Romantic Comedy: States of the Union, 1934-65 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2006).

Scholarly Literature, Articles: (ALL)

(Available via Library -- America: History & Life and International Performing Arts Index)

  • Linda K. Kerber, “Why Diamonds Really are a Girl’s Best Friend: Another American Narrative,” Daedalus 141:1 (Winter 2012) 89-100.
  • Selected Essays from Major Problems in the History of American Families and Children (Fronter)
  • L. Alex Swan, “A Methodological Critique of the Moynihan Report” Black Scholar 5:9 (June 1974) 18-24.
  • Rachel Hope Cleves, “’What, Another Female Husband?’ The Prehistory of Same-Sex Marriage in America,” Journal of American History 101:4 (March 2015) 1055-1081.

Scholarly articles:

  • Douglas S. Massey and Robert J. Sampson, “Moynihan Redux: Legacies and Lessons,” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science vol 621, The Moynihan Report Revisited: Lessons and Reflections after Four Decades (Jan 2009) 6-27. (MA students only)
  • Roland G. Fryer, Jr., “Guess Who’s Been Coming to Dinner?  Trends in Interracial Marriage over the 20th Century,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 21:2 (Spring 2007) 71-90.  (MA Students only)

Documents: (ALL)

Films:  Required

  • A Midwife’s Tale, 1998 (To be shown 16-18.00 on the first day of class)
  • Little Women, 1994

Films: Choose at least 3 of the following

  • It Happened One Night, 1934
  • Double Indemnity, 1944
  • Woman of the Year, 1942 or Adam’s Rib, 1949
  • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1967
  • Stepford Wives, 1975
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002
  • The Holiday (2006) or Fifty First Dates (2004) or Never Been Kissed (1999)

*Many of the films are available in European DVD format or on Netflix, etc.  Those that are not easily accessible will be shown 16-18 on Mondays (after class).

Websites:

Library Databases:

  • America: History and Life
  • International Index to Performing Arts (Full Text)

Reference:

  • James D. Lester and James D. Lester, Jr., “Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism,” Chapter 6 in Writing Research Papers, 11th Ed. (NY: Pearson Longman, 2005). (Fronter)
  • Kitchen-D?derlein, Deborah. Writing a Successful Thesis. Draft, 2011. (Fronter)
  • Dorothy Burton Sk?rdal, Rules for Writing English: A Practical Handbook for Students and Teachers of English in Norway (Available through Kompendia Utsalg at Akademika)
  • A good dictionary: (Webster’s New Collegiate is preferable, but others will suffice if you are unable to get Webster’s – though they are often better for British English, than American. It is often considerably cheaper to buy this on Amazon than to buy Oxford at Akademika, according to other students.)
  • Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 5th edition (Bedford/St. Martins, 2006).
Published May 22, 2015 9:24 AM