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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite for all history courses to be applied to the major. An introduction to the entire field of Black history, both in Africa and the New World. A basic course, comprehensive in scope, to provide a firm grounding for students interested in taking subsequent history courses.
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3.00 Credits
A summary of the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Africa since 1900. The impact of indigenous and foreign philosophies on industrialization, urbanization, and peasantization during the 20th century.Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core International Studies (IS) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information. In addition to meeting the university Core International Studies requirement, this course meets the Non-Western/Third World IS requirement for Communication Sciences majors. Please note the recent update to the Core IS requirement at www.temple.edu/vpus/resources/coreupdates.htm#coreisupdate.
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3.00 Credits
A general treatment of the turbulent 20th century in African American history. Attention given to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the anti-lynching campaigns, northern migration, the Marcus Garvey Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights Movement. Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core American Culture (AC) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines Black political activity in cities--the socio-historical condition of Blacks in cities; the city within the larger political arena; the nature of urban politics/politicians, and the place and future of Blacks in urban politics with a particular emphasis on Philadelphia.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the field of African American Studies and to the historical, philosophic and pedagogical bases, methodology, and relevance of African American Studies within a liberal arts education.
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3.00 Credits
A summary of the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Africa since 1900. The impact of indigenous and foreign philosophies on industrialization, urbanization, and peasantization during the 20th century.Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core International Studies (IS) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information. In addition to meeting the university Core International Studies requirement, this course meets the Non-Western/Third World IS requirement for Communication Sciences majors. Please note the recent update to the Core IS requirement at www.temple.edu/vpus/resources/coreupdates.htm#coreisupdate.
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3.00 Credits
Section 002: The African American Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Experience - Introduces students to the experiences of lesbians, gays and bisexuals of African descent through ethnographic, historical, psychological sociological, and African-centered perspectives. Topics include ‘queer theory;’ heterosexuality; Afrocentricity and the African American homosexual and bisexual; politics of Black sexual identity; Black feminism; racism within the white homosexual community, HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Down Low (DL) lifestyle.
Section 003: Introduction to Black Women’s Studies - Examines issues and concerns about race, gender, class, color, and homophobia as they relate to Black women worldwide. Examines Black feminist, womanist, Africana womanist, and African feminist theories.
Section 004: The Black Male - Examination of the status of the American Black male within the contemporary American social system. Examines Black male roles in society as well as in ghetto and street culture; the status and role performances of Black fathers; examines historical and contemporary myths about the psychology and biology of African American males.
Section 005: Hip-Hop and Black Culture - Examines hip-hop and its relation to African American culture not as a mode of entertainment, but as a medium of communication. The historical, socio-economic, and musical/aesthetic contexts from which hip-hop emerged will be analyzed.
Section 006: Sociocultural Foundations of Health and Disease - Examines the relationship between biological and sociocultural definitions of health, illness and disease among people of African descent. Cross cultural comparisons will be explored in the context of ethnomedicine, food, religion and public policy in health. Topics include health disparities and the best practices for addressing critical health issues among African Americans such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, depression, homicide and HIV. Controversial interventions such as condom distribution and vaccinations will be discussed in the framework of human rights and the ethics of health research and intervention.
Section 008: Black Jews - An introduction to the African-centered approach to the study of Jews of African ancestry. Students will examine and critique methods used to study Jews of African Ancestry. Introduction to basics of Afro-Jewish history, culture, and religion. This course seeks to analyze the effects race and racism have on the construction of Jewish identities.
Section 009: Islam in Black America - An intensive examination of the import of Islam to America through enslaved Africans (Omar Ibn Sayyid ca. 1770-1864), and the impact of Islam through principle figures associated with Islamic organizations (e.g., Noble Drew Ali, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan). A detailed analysis of the historical, social and political influence Islamic organizations have on African-Americans, and the implications of their “criminalized” image on urban blacks.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity for students to explore and develop their writing talents under the influence and direction of an established writer. African and African American subjects, themes, and materials used. Students read works of African American writers.
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3.00 Credits
Slaves, slave owners, and abolitionists, men and women, perceived slavery in distinctive ways and recorded those perceptions in songs and poems, folk tales, autobiographical narratives and novels, speeches and tracts, travel accounts, journals, diaries, and letters. Through an examination of this rich oral and written literature, such themes as the character of slave culture, the relations between slaves and masters, the oppression of women under slavery, and the connection between abolitionism and feminism are explored. Lectures provide historical background and a context in which to read the selections.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the history of Black Cinema and the portrayals of persons of African descent in cinema from the early 1900s to the present, including developments from Hollywood, independent filmmakers, and experimental foreign films. Treats in depth the story of race movies and contemporary trends such as the independent Black film movement in the African Diaspora and the United States.
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