American Studies 102

San Francisco:
The Culture and Politics of Urban Diversity

T,TH 2-3:30, 155 Kroeber Hall

Section 101: T 4-5, 105 Latimer
Section 102: TH 4-5, 385 LeConte

Professor Will Roscoe
Office Hours: M 2-3; TH 1-2, 582 Barrows
Office Phone: 642-0775
wroscoe@sfsu.edu

GSI Annalee Newitz
Office Hours: W 12-2:30, 347 Campbell
Office Phone: 642-0108
annaleen@garnet.berkeley.edu

This course will address such questions as: Given San Francisco's diversity, how is it possible for the city to function at all? What institutions, events, and practices are sources of integration and what has been their history? What are the politics of a multicultural city like? What is the relationship between power and culture? How do different communities manifest themselves culturally and politically, and how does their mode of expressing cultural identity affect their political power?

Required Texts and Reading on Reserve

Course Requirements

Syllabus

San Francisco Research Resources (Check out the new additions!)

San Francisco Bibliography

Task Forces

Lecture Notes (All new!)

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Special Announcements:

• For San Francisco voters: to find out more about the issues, go to The Registrar of Voters. To find out about Proposition B, for a ballpark, see the Yes on B Site and the No on B Site. Note which site took more money to make...

• Chinese New Year on the Net

• Interested in San Francisco slang? We've got the definitive list.

• Wanna see some cool pictures of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906? Click here.

• Here's a list of Will Roscoe's "San Francisco Bests".

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