USSY 256 - Violence and Identity

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Case Western Reserve University

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One need only look at the "War on Terror" to see the deep relationship between violence and identity. Can violence help to create identities as well as destroy them? By exploring historical and cultural constructions of violence, the processes by which identities are created and maintained through violence come to light. Starting from the assumption that cultural positions are always multiply defined, this course will look not only at contemporary film and print media, but also Renaissance texts such as Marlowe, Malory, and Shakespeare to try and understand how these texts both create identities for their characters and impact our own understanding of ourselves. We will use the comparison of these two cultural moments to explore how different representations of violence impact constructions of identity categories such as race, gender, and class. Prereq: Passing letter grade in a 100 level first year seminar in USFS, FSSY, FSCC, FSNA, FSSO or FSCS. Prereq or Coreq: FSTS 100

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.case.edu

Phone Number:

(216) 368-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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