Teaching and Studying the Americas - by A Pinn & C Levander (Paperback)

About the Book

This book considers how interdisciplinary conversation, critique, and collaboration enrich and transform humanities and social science education for those teaching and studying traditional Americanist fields.The transition from a national to a hemispheric American Studies cirriculum and program is both exciting and daunting. On the one hand, it promises to reinvigorate existing fields.On the other, it poses a serious challenge to received models of intellectual training, research, evaluation, and curricular development."

Book Synopsis

This book considers how interdisciplinary conversation, critique, and collaboration enrich and transform humanities and social science education for those teaching and studying traditional Americanist fields.

About the Author

ANTHONY B. PINN Agnes Arnold Professor of the Humanities, Professor of Religion, and Director of Graduate Studies in Religion at Rice University, USA.
CAROLINE F. LEVANDER Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Research Center at Rice University, USA.
MICHAEL O. EMERSON Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Race, Religion, and Urban Life at Rice University, USA.