Junior Colloquium: Theory and Methods in African American Studies
AFAM 301
Fall 2013
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This course examines various theoretical and methodological approaches used historically and currently in the field of black studies. It is intended to familiarize majors with classic texts as well as with more contemporary seminal texts that have come to influence questions and methodologies in the field. Central to our investigation will be elucidating the belief system of race that since its emergence in the 15th century, has played an indispensable role in the formation and reproduction of the ontology and episteme of Western culture. To this effect, the course examines the intersection of the discourse of race with our present disciplinary system of knowledge that enables its reproduction, both conceptually and institutionally. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Michelle Alexander, THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS
Johannes Fabian, TIME AND THE OTHER: HOW ANTHROPOLOGY MAKES ITS OBJECT
Frantz Fanon, BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS
Richard Graham, ed., THE IDEA OF RACE IN LATIN AMERICA
Joyce A. Ladner, ed., THE DEATH OF WHITE SOCIOLOGY: ESSAYS ON RACE AND CULTURE
Charles W. Mills, THE RACIAL CONTRACT
Toni Morrison, PLAYING IN THE DARK: WHITENESS AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION
Melvin Oliver & Thomas Shapiro, BLACK WEALTH/WHITE WEALTH: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON RACIAL INEQUALITY
Ernesto Sagás, RACE AND POLITICS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Stephen Steinberg, RACE RELATIONS: A CRITIQUE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Responses papers, mid-term exam and final essay |
| Instructor(s): Rushdy,Ashraf H.A. Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 25 | | |
| Seats Available: 12 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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