James Baldwin: Race, Sexuality and American Culture
CHUM 318
Spring 2006
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 317, AFAM 320 |
This course explores the ways in which James Baldwin's fiction and essays provide a critique of the politics of race and sexuality in American culture. We will be particularly interested in Baldwin's complex identity as a civil rights activist, former child preacher, world traveler, and black queer writer. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CHUM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
James Baldwin, THE PRICE OF THE TICKET: COLLECTED NON-FICTION, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, GIOVANNI'S ROOM, ANOTHER COUNTRY
Richard Wright, NATIVE SON
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly reading responses, take-home mid-term, take-home final, final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
It would be helpful (but not required) if students had previously read NATIVE SON. |
| Instructor(s): Boggs,Nicholas Taylor Times: ...W... 05:00PM-07:50PM; Location: CFH106; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| | GRAD: 5 | SR non-major: 8 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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