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Explores the different ways Black women have struggled for equality, constructed their own identity and understood their own place in American history. Emphasizes critical thinking about African American women's history and focuses on the many forms with which we tell the stories of women's lives. Nieves.
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Examines the centrality of space and gender in the taken for granted ways we think about the world and its organization. How does gender intersect with class, race and other power relations embedded in the places where we live our daily lives? Explores how men and women come to occupy different places in the world - literally and figuratively - or occupy the same places in different ways. Case studies focus on the spatial scales of the body, home, public spaces, the workplace, borders, diasporic and spaces of migration, and the nation and state across the African Diaspora. Heather Merrill.
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An examination of the development of a vibrant Black political culture that was transnational in scope and predicated on the shared experiences of people of African descent. Drawing upon the networks of communication created by the spread of ideas, news and rumor during the slave revolts in the Caribbean at the end of the 18th century, as well as writings that included novels, political tracts, speeches, newspapers and magazines in the 19th and 20th centuries. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, 101 or one course in government, history or sociology. Maximum enrollment, 20. Endsley.
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Examines how "natural" differences of gender and race are created through discourses, images and everyday practices in particular spatial contexts. Using historical and fictional texts, ethnographies, theoretical discussions and films the course explores the production of racial and gender differences in European development and imperialist expansion. Focuses on three historical periods in the production of racialized and gendered geographies: plantation/slave societies in the Americas, African Colonialism, contemporary globalization and ethnic diversity in Europe. (Same as Women's Studies 233.) Merrill.
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Study, discussion and oral performance of selected works of drama by African-Americans from the 1860s to the present. Focuses on themes within the plays in relation to the current social climate and how they affect the play's evolution in the context of changing U.S. cultural and political attitudes. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 110 or 120. Open to sophomores and juniors only. (Same as Theatre 238.) Cryer.
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A philosophical exploration of a variety of historical and contemporary works that illuminate and influence the phenomenological experience of being black. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, One course in philosophy or Africana studies, or consent of instructor. (Same as Philosophy 242.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Franklin.
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A study of the life, times and music of selected jazz musicians from 1950 to the present. Emphasis on the range of jazz styles from that era including funky, fusion and free jazz. Prerequisite, 160 or consent of instructor. Next offered 2012-13. (Same as Music 259.) Woods.
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The methods of scholars differ from the creative processes of artists, but the knowledge they produce provides disciplinary takes on the same reality. Students in this seminar will read and examine exemplary works of scholarship, art, literature, music and film, and focus on the method and/or process by which these works are made. The seminar will also use these works to unravel the nuts and bolts of scholarly writing, citing sources, internal citations and organization. Students will then produce their own writing using at least three of the methods/approaches discussed in the class. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, 220, 221 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12. Endsley.
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This course begins with an introduction to Haiti's history since the 1791 slave revolt and the creation of the Haitian state. It examines the historical, political, geo-political relationships that Haiti held with Europe and its Caribbean and North American neighbors; Haiti's antislavery impact on the Americas and the Caribbean; the consequences of the U.S. occupation of Haiti; Haiti's political and economic tragedy in the 20th century from the reign of the Duvaliers to the consequences of the tragic earthquake of 2010. Prerequisite, 221. Westmaas.
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Survey of the role of race and equality in American democracy. Special emphasis on understanding how notions of racial equality have advanced and declined throughout American history and the role of race in current American politics. (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in American politics. (Same as Government 340.) Maximum enrollment, 20. Klinkner.
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