Art-Arch 3765 - The Art of the Harlem Renaissance: Picturing and Performing the Black Modern Subject

Institution:

Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

This course examines the modern movement known as the Harlem Renaissance and its profound impact on American culture both then and now. The aim of the class is to imagine or theorize modernity not as singular event or time bound grand narrative but as a relational process consisting of various points of articulation, sometimes positioned outside of mainstream narratives. In the process of engaging the Harlem Renaissance, the class explores several key ideas and concepts such as the development of black subjectivity; black visual and racial aesthetics; the rise of Diasporic and Pan-African consciousnesses; the representation of race, gender, and sexuality and the process of "othering" within canonical formation.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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