AMST 205

Material Aspects of American Life

Required Readings

AMST 205 Course Pack - available at BSOS Copy Center

Miner, "Body Ritual Among The Nacirema"
Humphrey, "A Family Celebrates A Birthday"
Sherman, "The Passover Seder"
Cromley, "A History of American Beds and Bedrooms, 1890-1930"
Calvert, "Children In The Home, 1890 to 1930"
Lynes, "The Kitchen"
Lynes, "The Living Room Indoors and Out"
Schlereth, "Collecting Ideas and Artifacts"
Weil, "The Proper Business of the Museum"
Crew and Sims, "Locating Authenticity"
Wallace, "The Battle of the Enola Gay"
Gillette, "Back To The Future"
"Model City: Greenbelt, Maryland"

Harvey Green, THE UNCERTAINTY OF EVERYDAY LIFE 1915-1945

Thomas J. Schlereth, MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES IN AMERICA

Ames, "Meaning In Artifacts"
Cohen, "Embellishing a Life of Labor"
Cowan, "The Industrial Revolution in the Home"
Fleming, "Artifact Study: A Proposed Model"
Gilborn, "Pop Pedagogy: Looking at the Coke Bottle"
Hesseltine, "The Challenge of the Artifact"
Kouwenhoven, "American Studies: Words or Things?"

Jamieson McKenzie Virtual Museums

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