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Class Detail:
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FA 2011
Afroamerican & African Studies
AAS
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First Year Social Science Seminar
Section
002
Understanding Social Problems through Memoirs
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Course Note:
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This seminar introduces first-year students to the intellectual community of social scientists working in the field of Afroamerican and African studies. The topic of the seminar varies term to term.
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Credits:
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3
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Requirements & Distribution:
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SS
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Other:
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FYSem
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Waitlist Capacity:
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99
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Advisory Prerequisites:
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Enrollment restricted to first-year students, including those with sophomore standing.
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Other Course Info:
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(Cross-Area Courses). May not be included in a concentration plan.
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Repeatability:
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May not be repeated for credit.
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Primary Instructor:
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Lacy,Karyn R
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(real time availability for all sections)
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This course peers into the lives of famous and ordinary African Americans through intensive analysis of their memoirs. Most people remember good and bad aspects of their lives well enough to share them with others in everyday conversations. But memoirs represent individuals’ attempts to chronicle the most meaningful experiences of their lives. Some of these authors expose their lives to strangers as a cautionary tale, others as a model for achieving economic mobility, still others to document life’s obstacles that they’ve managed to overcome.
This course has three objectives:
- to apply major theories about race, class, and gender to the ‘real life’ experiences of individuals,
- to understand the variety of ways in which individuals construct social identities through their interactions with others, and
- to deepen students’ understanding of inequality and its consequences.
Course Requirements: No data submitted Intended Audience: No data submitted Class Format: No data submitted
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Course Syllabi
Syllabi are available to current LSA students. IMPORTANT: These syllabi are provided to give students a general idea about the courses, as offered by LSA departments and programs in prior academic terms. The syllabi do not necessarily reflect the assignments, sequence of course materials, and/or course expectations that the faculty and departments/programs have for these same courses in the current and/or future terms.
Search for Syllabus
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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)
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ISBN: 0143105175
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Along this way, Author: James Weldon Johnson ; introduction by Sondra K. Wilson., Publisher: Penguin Books 2008
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Required
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ISBN: 0061443085
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Black boy (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Author: Richard Wright ; with a foreword by Edward P. Jones., Publisher: HarperPerennial Modern Classics 1st Harper 2008
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Required
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ISBN: 1566398010
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Paper son : one man's story, Author: Tung Pok Chin with Winifred C. Chin., Publisher: Temple University press 2000
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Required
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ISBN: 1556520743
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Assata an autobiography, Author: Assata Shakur ; [forewords by Angela Davis and Lennox S. Hinds]., Publisher: L. Hill Books PBK ED. 2001
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Required
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ISBN: 0307383415
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Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance, Author: Barack Obama., Publisher: Crown Publishers 1st ed. 2004
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Required
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ISBN: 0316008060
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One drop : my father's hidden life : a story of race and family secrets, Author: Bliss Broyard., Publisher: Little, Brown and Co. 1st pbk. e 2008
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Required
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ISBN: 1594202842
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Battle hymn of the tiger mother, Author: Amy Chua., Publisher: Penguin Press
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Required
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ISBN: 1400068924
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Decoded, Author: Jay-Z., Publisher: Spiegel & Grau 1st ed. 2010
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Required
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ISBN: 0385319630
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American chica : two worlds, one childhood, Author: Marie Arana., Publisher: Delta Trade Paperbacks Dial Press 2002
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Required
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ISBN: 1594201099
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The golden road : notes on my gentrification, Author: Caille Millner., Publisher: Penguin Press Uncorrecte 2007
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Required
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ISBN: 0982702787
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Don Lemon., Publisher: Farrah Gray Foundation Pr
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Required
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