OFF-CAMPUS S OC338 - The Social Construction of Race

Institution:

Gordon College

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Description:

Explores how members of different intellectual traditions and academic disciplines have understood and explained racial difference throughout American history. Examines how trends in theology, philosophy, literature, biology, anthropology and social sciences have contributed to construction and transformation of concept of race. Analyzes specifi c historical events (i.e., Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, African- American neoconservatism in the 1990s) to reveal how racial categories have been erected, resisted and reconfi gured. Prerequisites: SOC101, 232.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.gordon.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 927-2300

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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