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Whether exoticized or debated as a problematic portrayal of national identity within Brazilian culture, the 'Brazilian body' (not just female), becomes a focal point for discussing questions of race, ethnicity, gender, class-poverty and regional identities. Beginning with documents of 'discovery,' this course maps Brazilian literature in context of these issues, questioning what is erotic and from what view point. Ethical implications of the eroticized image are a central concern of seminar readings and discussions. Taught in English. Instructor: Damasceno
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Readings from multidisciplinary sources and films emphasizing questions/issues regarding the Portugal-Africa-Brazil triangle. The history and geography of Lusophone cultures from the inception of the Portuguese state to the present. Promotes a critical vision of the Portuguese-speaking nations' relationships as a common language group with other non-Portuguese-speaking nations more closely connected to the individual nations of the Lusophone world. Taught in English. Instructor: Damasceno or staff
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The nature of human social identities, the contexts in which they are shaped, and the processes by which they change. May include an optional service-learning component. Instructor: Ewing
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Literary and cinematic representations of vampirism, from Dracula to Buffy, Chinese jiangshi to the politics of blood-selling and blood donation. The figure of the vampire as embodiment of anxieties about sexuality, desire, gender identity, and ethnic alterity. Cross-cultural circulation of vampiric traditions, vampirism as a symbol of circulation in its own right. Instructor: Rojas
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Dialectic of prostitution as lived experience, and as socio-cultural metaphor. Focus on literary and cinematic texts, together with relevant theoretical works. The figure of the prostitute will be used to interrogate assumptions about gender identity, commodity value, and national discourse. Transnational traffic in women will provide context for examination of discourses of national identity in China and beyond, together with the fissures at the heart of those same discourses. Instructor: Rojas
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Space and Trauma across Asia. Introduces theoretical framework of "trauma discourse;" examines how the experience of space in Asia broadly defined has shaped historical traumas, which have marked the transition from colonialism to postcolonialism. Focus on Israel/Palestine, India/Pakistan, China/Taiwan, Japan/Korea; examine how critical terms originating in one historico-geographical context are translated across geographical boundaries. Instructor: Kwon, Ginsburg
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An examination of modern Japanese culture through a variety of media including literary texts, cultural representations, and films. Different material each year. Instructor: Ching or Yoda
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Philosophical, cross-cultural, historical, mass media, and political assumptions about what it means to be human that serve as the foundation for technological development. Instructor: Nelson
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Gender in various aspects of digital culture, including production, consumption, and distribution. Online representation of gender in social networks, websites, games, and internet avatars. Gendered expression in new media art, video games, and internet politics. Women, LGBT identities in the tech industry. Gendered trends in online behaviors and preferences. Science fiction and other media genres as precursors and shapers of contemporary digital culture in its gendered aspects. Instructor: Szabo
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Human variation and the historical development of concepts of race; science and scientific racism; folk-concepts of race; and the political and economic causes of racism; ethics of racism. Instructor: Staff
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