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AMST 378 - Poverty in American Culture

(3.00)
This interdisciplinary course examines the history, cultural contexts, discourses and politics of poverty in American life.   The course surveys the history and contexts of American ideologies and policies regarding poverty,  and analyzes the ways key cultural constructs about poverty have been deployed in academic, professional, and political discourses to shape public policy in the late twentieth andearly twenty-first centuries. Recommended Preparation One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.

Course ID: 102590
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture



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