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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
African American History to 1865
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3.00 Credits
African American History,1865 to the present
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3.00 Credits
U.S.Since 1945:We Didn't Start The Fire
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3.00 Credits
Reel America:History and Film
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Does not meet a distribution requirement The department, 1 to 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
Reading the New York Times
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2008 301f(01) Reimagining Los Angeles: Multiethnic Fictions of Tomorrowland (Same as English 387) In Ridley Scott's 1982 science fiction film, Blade Runner, Los Angeles is a beleaguered metropolis overrun by immigrant "hordes" and menacing replicants,presenting a dystopic forecast of multiculturalism. By surveying major genres in relation to the racialized and gendered contexts of migration, labor, and urban redevelopment, this course focuses on alternative construc- tions of Los Angeles in African American, Asian American, and Chicana/o short stories, novels, and film.Works will include Southland, Tropic of Orange, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, Their Dogs Came withThem, Devil in a Blue Dress,We Should Never Meet, and Kindred. Meets Humanities I-A requirement I. Day Prereq. jr, sr, or permission of instructor; meets English department seminar requirement; 4 credits 301f(02) The Shakers (Same as Religion 332) This course will examine the historical and cultural creation of the Shaker society. The religious vision of an alternative society whose birth and development paralleled that of the new American nation; by contrast and by imitation, the separate Shaker route thus offers an intriguing critique of American society and its values, and an unusual laboratory for examining a religious community based on a dual godhead. Meets Humanities I-B requirement J. Crosthwaite Prereq. jr, sr, 8 credits in department, Religion 221 or permission of instructor; 4 credits Spring 2009 301s(01) PrisonWriting (Writing-intensive course; Same as English 348 and Gender Studies 333) In this course we will look at media and legal representations of prisoners and especially at the writing of prisoners themselves. Authors include Barbara Harlow, Jennifer Gonnerman, Mumia Abu-Jamal, George Jackson, and Salwa Bakr. Movies may include Dead Man Walking and AileenWuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer. Some are castigated as rule breakers; structures are built for them, and in these realms men and women are cordoned off, envisioned and held separately in their transgressions-what stories emerge from the prisoners' mouths Do those stories challenge the deep architecture of the prisons themselves Meets Humanities I-A requirement S. Davis Prereq. jr, sr, 8 credits in department; 4 credits 301s(02) AmericanWomen's History (Same as History 381 and Gender Studies 333) In this research seminar we will be looking at American women's history through a range of women's writings, including memoirs, letters, and diaries as well as oral histories, first person accounts, and literature from the 1890s to the present. Attention will be paid to the role of personal narrative in the writing of history and the place of history in personal writing. Students will do an oral history of a friend or family member, write a biographical essay on a woman in the past, and produce a 25-page research paper on a topic of their choice. trips to local archives will help students who are unfamiliar with historical research gain confidence. Meets Humanities I-B requirement J. Gerhard Prereq. permission of instructor, written application prior to academic advising period (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/hist/application. shtml) is required; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
Segregation:origins and Legacies
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3.00 Credits
Gender,terror,and trauma in African American Culture
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3.00 Credits
Sex,Love,and Gender in Contemporary African American Film
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