This seminar will examine the social movements that came to the fore in the year that began with the Tet Offensive and ended with the launch around the moon. The first three classes will examine the antiwar, civil rights, and women’s movements using images and texts to consider what the ‘60s came to represent. In our last class we will consider how the divisions between the counterculture and “moral majority” led to the election of Richard Nixon—and to the antigovernment sentiments that have spread from left to right in recent decades. In the last class we will also examine the environmental movement as a final case to reflect upon how our political consciousness has evolved over the last half-century as guerilla wars have continued to rage on the evening news, minorities and women have struggled to claim their rights, and our sense of self has become ever more mediated.
Required Reading
Readings will be provided closer to the beginning of the course. They will be uploaded to a virtual site at Box@UA, the link of which will be shared with all registered students.
Meet Your Instructor
THOMAS P. MILLER is a Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on rhetoric, higher education, and leadership, particularly the coalitional leadership of early-career faculty and new-majority students. His history of college English received a national book award from the Modern Language Association, and he has received awards for his teaching, mentoring, leadership, and advocacy for shared governance as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at the UA.
Location
POETRY CENTER
Dorothy Rubel Room
1508 E Helen
Tucson, AZ 85721
United States
Located on the SE corner of Helen Street and Vine Avenue, one block north of Speedway and three blocks west of Campbell Ave.
