CVA 2427 - Strangers in Strange Lands

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Babson College

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3.00 credits CVA2427 Strangers in Strange Lands 3 credit Intermediate Liberal Arts Strangers in Strange Lands We will explore the phenomenon of displacement on the human condition. For instance, in 1789, the English began transporting people (the poor, the petty criminal, the politically-minded ) to Australia, a country on the other side of the world whose physical environment was completely foreign to them. Henry Lawson, who became Australia's great frontier poet, called it the home of "everything weird." Winter in England meant summer in Australia; even the stars in the sky were different! Other examples will include an Englishwoman growing up in colonial Kenya, an Indian transplanted to London, and others who feel disassociated even while seemingly "at home." Through texts fictional and historical, film and art, we'll explore how we respond and adapt to dramatic dislocation against a backdrop of modern globalization in all its forms (economic, technological, political and cultural). Prerequisites: RHT and foundation A&H and H&S

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3.00

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www.babson.edu

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(781) 235-1200

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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