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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the oral communication, public presentation and public performance modes of this urban expressive culture, ranging from rhyme composition, rap, spoken word poetry, freestyling, singing and comedy routines. It analyzes hip-hop trends and aesthetics, and studies the assumptions, visions and social ideologies underlying this cultural phenomenon.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-disciplinary survey of Muslim people from seventh to 20th century. Part I introduces Islam as a religious, ethical, legal, social, political and economic system. Part II surveys Muslim people and communities in Central Asia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South America, Sudan, Swahili-speaking East Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Topics include ethnicity, gender, relations with the West, legal and social reforms, internal Muslim/non-Muslim relations and Muslim perceptions of the future.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the diverse struggles (political, economic, social, legal, etc.) of Asian, Native American, African American and Latin/Chicana women in the U.S. and the ways in which public institutions and agencies (federal, state, local) deal with women of color.
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3.00 Credits
Development of African American literature from 1700s to 1920s. Deals with such literary forms as slave narratives, essays, poetry, song, short story, drama and the novel.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the major forms of literary activity on the African continent. Begins with an examination of the oral literature, then moves to a study of modern African creative writing through readings of some published fiction, drama and poetry, paying close attention to the ways in which the writers relate to the oral traditions.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces African American literature of the period through poetry, the novel, short story and drama in the context of social, political and literary developments. Topics include the Harlem Renaissance, Richard Wright and the Naturalists, the Black Arts Movement, black women writers.
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3.00 Credits
Understanding the process of change in African sub-Saharan societies, mentalities, economies and culture. Examined are natural environment and major historical turning points; sociological heritage of so-called "traditional" societies; impact of Islam as a long-distance relationship with worlds of Mediterranean and Indian Ocean; organization of a Western world economy based on Atlantic trade in slaves, then in raw materials; colonial imperialism; 20th-century unrest, reactions, problems.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-cultural and socio-historical analysis of slavery and slave systems, including redefinition of social groups within the world economy. Draws on materials from United States and elsewhere where slavery took root and developed. Different experiences of slavery, impact of slavery on populations of African origin and on the formation of African and African-diaspora cultures; response of these populations to slavery.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary approach to issues of importance to African women. It draws extensively from a range of theoretical writings, literary and/or filmic works to study the political, social and economic roles of women. Paying close attention to culture, it examines the impact of colonialism, nationalism, dictatorship and military rule on women?s autonomy, agency and rights within and outside the family.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the interrelationships among gender, race/ethnicity, class and sexual orientation/preference, and on how these influence the causes for which juvenile and adult females are arrested and incarcerated in local jails, state and federal institutions, immigration facilities, concentration camps and juvenile detention centers. Also examines the types of offenses for which juvenile and adult females are arrested, the punishment they receive and the treatment they face once institutionalized. Attention given to how women respond to the conditions of incarceration.
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