AFAM 4323 - Afro-Caribbean Prose

Institution:

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Subject:

AFAM-African & African Am St

Description:

Prerequisite: Junior standing and any 2000-level African and African-American Studies class. The course will examine the theme of black identity by exploring writers form the Dominican republic, Puerto Rico, New York, and from Cuba, who humanize the image of blacks by illustrating different aspects and dimensions if the psyche in Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands. Selected texts will be examined to explore how they illustrate representations of silenced voices, address the absence of authentic characterization of blacks, and conscientiously and progressively concentrate on a new racial reality. (Sp)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ou.edu

Phone Number:

(405) 325-0311

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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