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This course will examine the political thought of a selection of Africana thinkers from the period of slavery to the 20th century. It will examine the political thought of thinkers like, Franz Fanon, Ida B. Wells, Cugoano, CLR James, W.E.B. DuBois and Rastafari. The course will be an exploration of black radical intellectual tradition and its different meanings.
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This seminar will focus on the theorization of the black diaspora as a way to explore the various articulations of colonialism, gendered racism and resistance against that racism throughout African-descendant communities. Course readings will highlight the scholarship of black women who have contributed to the internationalization of radical black vis-a-vis theories of diaspora, transnationalism, transformative politics, identity formation, and community.
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This course examines major themes of the history of southern Africa from the earliest times until 1994, with a heavy emphasis on historiographical debates. Our discussions of the South African past will always be informed by a consideration of the approach of the scholars who have interpreted and presented it as history. Our major questions concern the origins of historical change and the creation of racial groups. We will probe the significance of race in South African history but also the limitations of its explanatory power. Readings are arranged at three levels. First, we will be reading primary sources, to gain experience in working with the evidence that informs historical work. Second, we will be working through a concise textbook that summarizes the major themes of South African history. Third, we will be reading specialized scholarly books and articles, chosen to illustrate recent discussions about the interpretation of South Africa's past. The course will meet twice a week for lecture and discussion groups will meet once a week.
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This seminar (w/out audits) in politics and social justice is open to juniors/seniors. Captivity has become a critical political- social phenomenon in U.S. democracy, given that the United States has over two million people in prison/jails/INS detention centers. This two-part, one-year long course examines and maps (using cyber technology) captivity and criminality in the United States, focusing on race, gender, politics and literacy. Students are strongly urged to take both semesters; the second semester course as practicum, with training in cyber-technology and community-based learning/literacy, is open only to those who complete the fall course (Pt I) and the grade option for the second part of the course will be S/NC. Pre-Semester writing assignment required; see syllabus on WebCt for details.
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This course is an historical and topical examination of the development of black popular cultures. We will explore the debates about popular culture and specifically examine the ways that race (as well as gender, sexuality and class) shape these debates. In addition we will explore specific black popular cultural practices (music, dance, film, radio, theater, etc.) as well as the larger contexts for their production and reception. Instructor permission required.
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1.00 Credits
The aim of the course is to introduce students to novels like Head's A Question of Power, El Saadawi's God Dies by the Nile, Adochie's Half of a Yellow Sun and other major prose works by contemporary African women writers. It will present the African woman as a writer, her environment and her commitments. The emphasis is on the writing of continental African women, but will include works of other women writers. For a brief but necessary historical background to the course, it will be introduced with selections from Margaret Busby's Daughters of Africa. Enrollment limited to 25.
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Examines Jamaican popular music as an ideological site of resistance to Creole nationalist versions of Caribbean history and politics. It grapples with the meanings of race, history, and nation-state as contested notions in Jamaican/Caribbean society tracing an alternative genealogy of Caribbean history and politics.
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1.00 Credits
This course aims to consider the depths of connection between forms of racialized, gender, class and sexual oppression vis a vis the creation and maintenance of community and intimate social bonds among the oppressed. We will read sociologists, historians and others who have worked ath this intersection and musicians and writers such as: Morrison, Bambara, Baldwin, Hill-Collins, Hansberry, soul and neosoul artists. Instructor permission required. Enrollment limited to 20.
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0.00 Credits
Interested students must register for ENGL 1710H S01.
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