Race, Postmodernism and Culture
AFAM 352
Spring 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
SOC 252 |
What is the meaning of race in the postmodern world? The goal of this course is to critically examine the significance of race in postmodern culture. Racial identity remains a salient and powerful component of the complex of identities that are offered to individuals in the postmodern landscape. The liberating forces of postmodernism have resulted in racial, ethnic and cultural identities becoming increasing sources of both conflict and convergence in a globalizing society. These processes raise interesting questions: What forces account for the variations in levels of importance attributed to racial identity by different groups? What roles do economics, politics, class and globalization play in the evolution of racial identities? This course is devoted explicitly to deconstructing and then reconstructing the relevance of postmodern racial identity. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Eagleton, Terry, THE ILLUSIONS OF POSTMODERNISM
Featherstone, Mike, UNDOING CULTURE: GLOBALIZATION, POSTMODERNISM AND IDENTITY
Dyson, Michael Eric, BETWEEN GOD AND GANGSTA RAP: BEARING WITNESS TO BLACK CULTURE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Examinations, written assignments. |
| Instructor(s): Moore,Calvin C. Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: JUDD113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: -5 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 9 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 2 | Unranked: 3 |
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