Race, Fantasy and Fetish
SOC 326
Spring 2017
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01
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What role do fantasy and fetish play in the making and unmaking of race? How might fantasy and fetish disrupt and reinforce power differentials in surprising or unexpected ways? From comic book heroes to `race playż, this course explores how bodies, relationships, and space itself are fetishized in the racial imagination. It moves beyond the basic observation that race is socially constructed to consider how fantasy, desire, and fetish render such constructions volatile and spectacular, yet also banal and predictable.
We will discuss the historical and social context of race as both imagined and imaginary in relation to western fantasies of the self and object others. This course draws on texts from race, queer, and postcolonial theory, along with popular material, including fantasy fiction and film, to highlight the fantastical underpinnings of the everyday realities of racial difference. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
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| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 AND SOC240 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (SOC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Examples of readings include:
Franz Fanon, BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS
Stuart Hall, NEW ETHNICITIES
Sara Ahmed, QUEER PHENOMENOLOGY
Paul Gilroy, POSTCOLONIAL MELANCHOLIA
Lisa Nakamura, DIGITIZING RACE
Leo Bersani, IS THE RECTUM A GRAVE?
Judith Butler, BODIES THAT MATTER
Homi Bhabha, OF MIMICRY AND MAN
Ada Demaj, TOUCHING RACE THROUGH PLAY
Rey Chow, WHERE HAVE ALL THE NATIVES GONE?
Anne McClintock, IMPERIAL LEATHER
Saidiya Hartman, VENUS IN TWO ACTS
Noelle Carroll, ETHNICITY, RACE, AND MONSTROSITY
Fiction/Non-fiction examples:
Marvel Comics, LUKE CAGE
Claudia Rankine, CITIZEN: AN AMERICAN LYRIC
Octavia Butler, FLEDGING
Marjane Satrapi, PERSEPOLIS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly writing assignments, in class writing, three papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Writing sample and/or interview during drop/add |
| Instructor(s): Autry,Robyn Kimberley Times: ..T.... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: ZLKA202; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 15 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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