AFST 30799 - Caribbean History:From Colonization to Emancipation

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Africana Studies

Description:

"Sun, Sex & Fun" is how the global tourism industry often packages the Caribbean to its potential travelers. In this course we will unpack such simplistic representations of the region. Students will be introduced to the diverse experiences and cultures of the peoples that made up the Caribbean from colonization in the 15th century to slave emancipation in the 19th century. The four major themes that we will examine are Indigenous peoples and European encounters; the laboring lives and the cultural worlds of enslaved Afro-Caribbean peoples; resistance and rebellion; abolition and emancipation. In this course we will watch films, use pictorial sources, slave narratives and diaries to capture the commonality of the experiences of the peoples of the Spanish, French, British and Dutch Caribbean.

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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