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Obeng Topic for 2009-10: Neglected Africans of the Diaspora. The seminar explores the nature and composition of the African Diaspora and its changing meanings. Focusing on Africans in India and Pakistan, Oman, Britain, Belize, Martinique, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, we will examine the sociocultural connections among diasporic Africans such as the forced migrations of enslaved Africans and voluntary emigra-tion of free-skilled Africans out of continental Africa. The seminar also explores the geopolitical, religious, and cultural factors that foster distinctive diasporic African identities and how these people constitute and contribute to global citizenry. Attention will be paid to the per-meable boundaries of global politics, religion, economics, culture, and citizenry. Prerequisite: One 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of instructor. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Cudjoe NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course examines through interdisciplinary approaches key texts that shape our understanding of Afri-cana Studies. The major theories, ideas, issues and significant writings that shape Africana Studies will be examined. Consideration will also be given to approaches to Africana Studies, concepts of Afrocentricism and how the text that is selected allows us to understand the discipline in a critical manner. This seminar will be placed within the multicultural, multiracial and religiously plural landscapes of Africana people. Prerequisite: One 200-level course of relevance to Africana Studies or permission of instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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Prerequisite: Open by permission to juniors and seniors. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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Prerequisite: Open by permission. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 0.5 AFR 360 Senior Thesis Research Prerequisite: By permission of the department. See Academic Distinctions. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: 360 and permission of department. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Fisher An interdisciplinary examination of some of the varieties of American experience, aimed at developing a functional vocabulary for further work in American Studies or related fields. After a brief, intense review of American history, the course will direct its focus towards impor-tant moments in that history, investigating each of them in relation to selected cultural, historical, artistic, and political events, figures, insti-tutions, and texts. Prerequisite: This course is required of American Studies majors and should be completed before the end of the junior year. Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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Jeffries Commonplace understandings of sport tend to assign either an entertainment or recreational value to participation and attention paid to such activities. A closer look at competitive athletics reveals that its meaning and significance stretches far beyond entertainment and recreation. Sport studies tell us about ourselves and our society, as its impact extends to the business world, to community building and child socialization, to race, gender, and sexual politics. This course introduces the academic study of sport, touching on a wide range of topics primarily through a sociological lens. Students are encouraged to think critically about their own experiences and to follow current events and pop cultural debates about sports, in order to apply methods and theory from the readings to their everyday sports lives. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Creef (Women's and Gender Studies) An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing ethnic group in North America. Critical examination of different stages of their experience from the ?coolie labor? and ?yellow peril? to the ?model minority? and struggles for identity; roots of Asian stereotypes; myth and reality of Asian women; prejudice against, among, and by Asians; and Asian contributions to a more pluralistic, tole-rant, and just American society. Readings, films, lectures, and discus sions. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Spring Unit
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3.00 Credits
Jeffries The politics of race and ethnicity in America are constantly shifting, due to demographic, political, and economic transformations. However, fundamental questions about the nature of racial and ethnic divisions in America help frame the investigation of race and ethnicity across historical contexts. Some of the questions that will guide our discussions are: Are racial and ethnic hierarchies built into American political life Are episodes and regimes of racial injustice the result of economic structure or a shameful absence of political will How do gender and class influence our understandings of racial and ethnic categorization and inequality To what extent is racial and ethnic identification a matter of personal choice Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Widmer (East Asian Languages and Literatures) This course introduces a group of fictional and dramatic writings by Korean-American writers. These are our main focus, but most class assignments will also include an article on some aspect of Korean-American experience. Videos will constitute another facet of the course. Not all videos are directly about Korean-Americans; if not they represent the work of Korean-American producers, authors, and artists. Together, the three streams-literary writing, descriptive writing, and videos-aim to concoct a picture of the Korean-American experience since the beginning of the twentieth century, but with primary emphasis on the past two decades . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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