printer friendly pageAFRICAAM 16N: African Americans and Social Movements (CSRE 16N, SOC 16N)
Theory and research on African Americans' roles in post-Civil Rights, US social movements. Topics include women¿s right, LGBT rights, environmental movement, and contemporary political conservativism.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Fields, C. (PI)
AFRICAAM 21: African American Vernacular English (LINGUIST 65, LINGUIST 265)
The English vernacular spoken by African Americans in big city settings, and its relation to Creole English dialects spoken on the S. Carolina Sea Islands (Gullah), in the Caribbean, and in W. Africa. The history of expressive uses of African American English (in soundin' and rappin'), and its educational implications. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center).
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Geenberg, K. (PI)
;
Moon, K. (PI)
;
Rickford, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Geenberg, K. (PI)
;
Moon, K. (PI)
;
Rickford, J. (PI)
;
Geenberg, K. (TA)
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Moon, K. (TA)
AFRICAAM 43: Introduction to African American Literature (AMSTUD 143, ENGLISH 43, ENGLISH 143)
(English majors and others taking 5 units, register for 143.) African American literature from its earliest manifestations in the spirituals, trickster tales, and slave narratives to recent developments such as black feminist theory, postmodern fiction, and hip hop lyricism. The defining debates and phenomena within African American cultural history, including the status of realist aesthetics in black writing; the contested role of literature in black political struggle; the question of diaspora; the problem of intra-racial racism; and the emergence of black internationalism. Attention to the discourse of the Enlightenment, modernist aesthetics, and the role of Marxism in black political and literary history.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Rasberry, V. (PI)
;
Saval, N. (PI)
AFRICAAM 47: History of South Africa (HISTORY 47)
(Same as
HISTORY 147. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 147.) Introduction, focusing particularly on the modern era. Topics include: precolonial African societies; European colonization; the impact of the mineral revolution; the evolution of African and Afrikaner nationalism; the rise and fall of the apartheid state; the politics of post-apartheid transformation; and the AIDS crisis.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Campbell, J. (PI)
AFRICAAM 48Q: South Africa: Contested Transitions (HISTORY 48Q)
Preference to sophomores. The inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president in May 1994 marked the end of an era and a way of life for S. Africa. The changes have been dramatic, yet the legacies of racism and inequality persist. Focus: overlapping and sharply contested transitions. Who advocates and opposes change? Why? What are their historical and social roots and strategies? How do people reconstruct their society? Historical and current sources, including films, novels, and the Internet.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Samoff, J. (PI)
AFRICAAM 50B: 19th Century America (HISTORY 50B)
(Same as
HISTORY 150B. History majors and others taking 5 units, register in 150B.) Territorial expansion, social change, and economic transformation. The causes and consequences of the Civil War. Topics include: urbanization and the market revolution; slavery and the Old South; sectional conflict; successes and failures of Reconstruction; and late 19th-century society and culture.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-SI
AFRICAAM 51: Congolese Dance (AFRICAST 51, DANCE 51)
Movements and choreography from Central Africa. Elements unique to all African dance movement: body isolation, polyrhythmic movement, and body posture. Live drumming. Open to all levels of dancers.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Malonga, M. (PI)
AFRICAAM 64C: From Freedom to Freedom Now!: African American History, 1865-1965 (HISTORY 64C)
(Same as
HISTORY 164C. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 164C.) Explores the working lives, social worlds, political ideologies and cultural expressions of African Americans from emancipation to the early civil rights era. Topics include: the transition from slavery to freedom, family life, work, culture, leisure patterns, resistance, migration and social activism. Draws largely on primary sources including autobiographies, memoirs, letters, personal journals, newspaper articles, pamphlets, speeches, literature, film and music.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul
Instructors:
Hobbs, A. (PI)
AFRICAAM 75: Black Cinema
How filmmakers represent historical and cultural issues in Black cinema.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 6 units total)
Instructors:
Barker-Alexander, J. (PI)
;
Wooden, I. (TA)
AFRICAAM 75C: Black Sitcoms: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The portrayal of black life on television in the 90s. Critical framework including concepts of identity, race, gender, and class. In-class viewings. Sitcoms in relation to theoretical work including that of Toni Morrison, Marlon Riggs, Hermann Gray, Ann duCille, and Mark Anthony Neal.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 6 units total)
Instructors:
Barker-Alexander, J. (PI)
;
Wooden, I. (TA)
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