AFST 30103 - Black Arts and the Diaspora

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Africana Studies

Description:

This course offers a survey of black diasporic artistry. At the same time, it answers the question, "who constitutes the Black Diaspora?" in unique ways. We will focus primarily on this conversation's development from the 1920s up to the present through poetry, prose fiction and nonfiction, visual art, film, and television. Attention will be devoted to how these different genres and media frame what is known (or unknown) about the Black Diaspora. Moreover, we will consider how these media and genres influence political activism in the Black Diaspora. Due to the diversity of the materials covered, the themes will give the course its unity. Students will be urged to follow a particular theme (or two) throughout the course. Some of these themes might include race, gender, class, the body, and leadership. Some of the artists and intellectuals in this survey will include: African American writers Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Nathaniel Mackey; Trinidadian-Canadian poet M. Nourbese Philip; musicians like Nigerian artist and activist Fela Kuti; Martinican philosopher and psychoanalyst Frantz Fanon; orator and activist Martin Luther King, Jr; the Haitian-Puerto Rican visual artists Jean-Michel Basquiat; and the visual artist Kehinde Wiley. Class participation is paramount. Students will also write reader response papers and research essays.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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