ANTH 2455 - Anthropology and Literature: Building Utopian and Dystopian Worlds

Institution:

New College of Florida

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Fictional worlds that hold together for readers include beliefs, practices, social structures, economies and technologies that create and sustain recognizable cultural wholes. From Ursula LaGuin's Kesh tribes to journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates' and anthropologist Elizabeth Chin's takes on Wakanda, this seminar will offer a combined ethnographic and literary critical approach to analyzing and appreciating how works of speculative fiction, science fiction, and Afrofuturism build communities that audiences find compelling and credible. Drawing from a wide range of essays, fiction, and graphic renderings, students will explore thick description, cultural construction, narrative voice, stylistic devices, and issues of representation. Prerequisites: none. Seminar is limited to 15 students.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ncf.edu

Phone Number:

(941) 487-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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