American Culture

Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education and former Dean of Oslo University College. He is the co-editor with Oyvind T. Gulliksen of Aspects of American Civilization (1983) and the author of Resistance and Consciousness in Kenya and South Africa (2002). Fredrik Chr. Brøgger is Professor of American Studies at the University of Tromsø. He is the author of Culture, Language, Text: Culture Studies within the Study of English as a Foreign Language (1992). Oyvind T. Gulliksen is Professor of American Literature and Culture at Telemark University College, Bø i Telemark. He has published Twofold Identities: Norwegian-American Contributions to Midwestern Literature (2004). Torbjorn Sirevag is Professor Emeritus of American Civilization at the University of Oslo and The Norwegian School of Management (BI). He is the author of The Eclipse of the New Deal and the Fall of Vice-President Wallace 1944 (1985). He was also Director-General of Science Policy in the Norwegian Government.

• Introduction  1. Native Americans  2. Immigration  3. African Americans  4. Women's Studies  5. Government and Politics  6. Economy, Enterprise, Class  7. Geography, Regions and the Environment  8. Art, Film, Music and Popular Culture  9. Religion  10. Education  11. Language and the Media  12. Foreign Affairs  13. Ideology: Dominant Beliefs and Values