AMCV 1611B - Making Difference, Making Race: American and Caribbean Literature and Film

Institution:

Brown University

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Description:

This course investigates the issue of how differences are made in the construction of race, gender, sexuality, nation - and of the meaning of the text. What kind of frameworks are used to figure differences and what happens when they conflict? Texts by D. W. Griffith, Nella Larsen, Woody Allen, Christina Garcia, Patrick Chamoiseau, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Kwame Anthony Appiah.

Credits:

0.00 - 1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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