T3 401A - Images of Blacks in the American Mind

Institution:

Ohio University-Main Campus

Subject:

Tier III

Description:

Examines the nature, the sources, and the effects of ideas and attitudes about Americans of African descent. Many of these ideas and attitudes have pervaded American culture. Focuses upon images of blacks as bucks, coons, buffoons, improvident children, mammies, devoted Christians, etc., with a view of showing how widespread and deeply embedded these images have been in American culture and how they contributed to slavery and the subsequent exclusion of blacks from the mainstream of American life. Interdisciplinary in nature, the course uses the approaches and materials of a variety of fields of study–literature, art, film, history, the natural sciences, social sciences, popular culture. Prerequisites: SR ONLY & COMPLETE TIER 2 Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts. Note: Effective Summer Quarter 2010-11 (June 2011) any non-repeatable course may be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ohio.edu

Phone Number:

(740) 593-1000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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