AFAM 101 - Introduction to African American Studies

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Georgetown University

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Description:

African American Studies is a vital program of critical and intellectual inquiry. This course offers students the opportunity to examine from numerous disciplinary perspectives the experiences and contributions of people of African descent in the United States. This course, largely constructed around the voices of African Americans, surveys key concepts and defining movements in African America. We will explore the historical, cultural, economic, political, religious, literary, and social contributions and developments of African Americans. Students are encouraged to make connections between the texts and to think critically and creatively across disciplinary boundaries. Topics discussed will include identity, history, freedom, equality, slavery and abolition, arts and literature, feminism/womanism, Black aesthetics, self-determination, family, education, law, film, music, politics, and economics. The course provides a solid foundation from which students may pursue more advanced and more specialized studies of the African American experience. Two primary questions will guide our thinking throughout the semester: (1) how does the construction of African American identity create, reinforce, and/or destabilize the social constructions of race, gender, class, and sexuality in American culture and (2) what does it mean to be African American in the US?

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.georgetown.edu

Phone Number:

(202) 687-0100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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