African American and African Studies 308s - Luminous Darkness:African American SocialThought

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Mount Holyoke College

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Examines the causes of and proposed solutions to "the negro problem" in post-CivilWar American public policy. Focuses on the life, work, and legacies of DuBois. Drawing on domestic and diasporic fictional and nonfictional depictions of black life in the "DuBoisian century" the course considersdifferent responses to his 1 03 question, "How does it feel to be a problem " Examiningtheories, arguments, movements and policies targeting blacks and their environment allows us to criticize black modernity, assess the changing role of black intellectuals in society, evaluate "race theory" and considerdominant and marginal attempts to analyze and overcome the "color line" inAmerica. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement L.Wilson Prereq. 8 credits in department, permission of instructor; 4 credits

Credits:

8.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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