BWS 202 - Culture, Identity and Performance

Institution:

Loyola University Chicago

Subject:

Black World Studies

Description:

This course examines the beliefs, values, sub-cultural traditions and performance of identity(ies) typically associated with persons of African heritage in various areas and contexts across the African world. Each of these elements of Black/Africana culture will be viewed through the lenses of social science, literature and other articulations and postulations which attempt to name and characterize these populations, historically and contemporarily in print and electronic media, filmic and popular cultural discourses. This interdisciplinary approach will engage early black film, ethnography, slave narratives, performance and performance theory as tools to unpack multiple contested ideas, beliefs and ideologies concerning the nature of black self-identity and expression.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.luc.edu

Phone Number:

(773) 274-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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