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Teaching (Less of) Hollywood in Australasia

Teaching (Less of) Hollywood in Australasia American studies scholarship and tend to devote themselves to demystifying hegemonic American culture; we ask readers and students alike to examine their subject positions within American ideology. But what happens when we teach America in foreign contexts? Many recent North American Ph.D.’s, pursuing academic careers in a tight job market, find themselves teaching abroad. This collection of essays, which grew out of a special session at the 2000 Modern Language Association convention in Washington, D.C., addresses some of the pedagogical challenges that arise in local contexts around the globe. The regions and countries discussed here, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Francophone West Africa, and Turkey, all have selective memories when it comes to the culture and history of the United States, but their views rarely resemble those that we have learned to engage and critique in North American classrooms. From Christchurch to Ankara, the notion of America assumes disparate manifestations. Each essay in this collection therefore considers what motivates particular ideological constructions of American life abroad. It is hoped that the collection will provoke a discussion of the pedagogical techniques that the authors have developed for their predicaments in the classroom, especially as they relate to other cultural http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture Duke University Press

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Duke University Press
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Copyright 2002 by Duke University Press
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1531-4200
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1533-6255
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10.1215/15314200-2-3-377
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Abstract

American studies scholarship and tend to devote themselves to demystifying hegemonic American culture; we ask readers and students alike to examine their subject positions within American ideology. But what happens when we teach America in foreign contexts? Many recent North American Ph.D.’s, pursuing academic careers in a tight job market, find themselves teaching abroad. This collection of essays, which grew out of a special session at the 2000 Modern Language Association convention in Washington, D.C., addresses some of the pedagogical challenges that arise in local contexts around the globe. The regions and countries discussed here, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Francophone West Africa, and Turkey, all have selective memories when it comes to the culture and history of the United States, but their views rarely resemble those that we have learned to engage and critique in North American classrooms. From Christchurch to Ankara, the notion of America assumes disparate manifestations. Each essay in this collection therefore considers what motivates particular ideological constructions of American life abroad. It is hoped that the collection will provoke a discussion of the pedagogical techniques that the authors have developed for their predicaments in the classroom, especially as they relate to other cultural

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Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture – Duke University Press

Published: Oct 1, 2002

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