ANTHRO 1755 - Creole Pop Iconographies

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

Creole is a term loosely applied to social entities (societies, persons, products) that are the result of racial, cultural and linguistic mixing of two or more distinct peoples. This course considers how creolity is mobilized in popular culture. It showcases ten pop icons from the Caribbean and Latin America, and considers how their iconic status is shaped by questions, assertions and debates that have also defined creolization as a concept in anthropology, literary theory and politics.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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