AMST 328 - Overlords & Undertones

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

A course in the dynamics of oppression and resistance, especially as they appear in language and narrative. We will be looking at various texts-novels, films, poetry, plays-to see both the ways dominant groups and discourses repress difference, and the ways repressed groups and coded or subterranean discourses keep themselves and their languages alive. Readings drawn largely from gay, black, and women's literature; films from Hollywood to Havana, with an early stop at the Trobriands, to meditate on the islanders' peculiar way of playing cricket. This course is also a part of the curriculum for the interdisciplinary minor in Progressive American Social Movements. 1.00 units, Lecture

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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