Color in the Caribbean
AFAM 166
Spring 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ANTH 166 |
One of the unspoken rules in Caribbean societies is: "If you're white, you're all right; if you're brown stick around; if you're black stay back." Yet, ironically in many of these societies the notion that "a rich black is a mulatto and a poor mulatto is black" is also prevalent. This course critically examines the prominence of color, as a symbol of race, in the social hierarchy of Caribbean societies. It explores the complex manifestations of color particularly as it intersects with class. Students consider how color operates as a marker of status, especially in the making and remaking of gendered identities. Themes covered include but are not limited to: Family, love and marriage patterns, beauty ideals and nationalism, political leadership and representation. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYI |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Cliff, THE LAND OF LOOK BEHIND: PROSE AND POETRY
Fanon, BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS
Nicholas, FROM DESSALINES TO DUVALIER: RACE, COLOUR AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN HAITI
Torres and Whitten, BLACKNESS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly discussion questions and responses, two short essays and a final research paper. |
| Instructor(s): Ulysse,Gina Athena Times: ...W.F. 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 20 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 9 | 1st Ranked: 5 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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