AFRICAAM 152G: Global Harlem Renaissance (AMSTUD 152G)
Examination of the explosion of African American artistic expression during 1920s and 30s New York known as the Harlem Renaissance. Amiri Baraka once referred to the Renaissance as a kind of ¿vicious Modernism,¿ as a ¿BangClash,¿ that impacted and was impacted by political, cultural and aesthetic changes not only in the U.S. but Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. Focus on the literature, graphic arts, and the music of the era in this global context.
Last offered: Autumn 2010
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
AFRICAAM 154: Black Feminist Theory (FEMGEN 154)
This course will examine black feminist theoretical traditions, marking black women¿s analytic interventions into sexual and pleasure politics and reproduction, critical culture and race theory, citizenship, identity, power and agency, representation, and questions of the body. Exploring concepts such as intersectionality, controlling images, the politics of respectability and the particularities of a black feminist liberation politic, we will look to black feminist scholars, activists, and artists from the 19th century to today.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Caruthers, J. (PI)
AFRICAAM 156: Performing History: Race, Politics, and Staging the Plays of August Wilson (TAPS 156, TAPS 356)
This course purposefully and explicitly mixes theory and practice. Students will read and discuss the plays of August Wilson, the most celebrated and most produced contemporary American playwright, that comprise his 20th Century History Cycle. Class stages scenes from each of these plays, culminating in a final showcase of longer scenes from his work as a final project.
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-EDP
AFRICAAM 166: Introduction to African American History: The Modern African American Freedom Struggle (AMSTUD 166, HISTORY 166)
This course is an introduction to African-American Political movements of the period after 1930, with special emphasis on mass protest and civil rights activism as well as leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama. The lectures will utilize audio-visual materials extensively, and the exams will cover these materials as well as the traditional lectures. In addition to attending lectures, students are encouraged to undertake research projects.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul
Instructors:
Carson, C. (PI)
AFRICAAM 190: Directed Reading
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Brown, C. (PI)
AFRICAAM 195: Independent Study
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Brown, C. (PI)
;
Elam, H. (PI)
AFRICAAM 199: Honors Project
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
AFRICAAM 200X: Honors Thesis and Senior Thesis Seminar
Required for seniors. Weekly colloquia with AAAS Director and Associate Director to assist with refinement of research topic, advisor support, literature review, research, and thesis writing. Readings include foundational and cutting-edge scholarship in the interdisciplinary fields of African and African American studies and comparative race studies. Readings assist students situate their individual research interests and project within the larger. Students may also enroll in
AFRICAAM 200Y in Winter and
AFRICAAM 200Z in Spring for additional research units (up to 10 units total).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Brown, C. (PI)
;
Achelpohl, M. (TA)
AFRICAAM 200Y: Honors Thesis and Senior Thesis Research
Winter. Required for students writing an Honors Thesis. Optional for Students writing a Senior Thesis.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Brown, C. (PI)
AFRICAAM 200Z: Honors Thesis and Senior Thesis Research
Spring. Required for students writing an Honors Thesis. Optional for Students writing a Senior Thesis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Brown, C. (PI)
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