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FA 2011
American Culture
AMCULT 103 - First Year Seminar in American Studies
Section 003
Say it Loud: Black Culture in America

Course Note: This course is designed to introduce students to a wide variety of topics and issues in American Studies in a seminar format from a Humanities perspective. It enables students to have contact with regular faculty in a small-class experience and to elicit their active participation in the topics under discussion.
Credits: 3
Requirements & Distribution: HU
Other: FYSem
Waitlist Capacity: unlimited
Cost: 50-100
Advisory Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to first-year students, including those with sophomore standing.
Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit.
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HISTORY 197 - 1st Year Seminar, Section 003
Primary Instructor: Berrey,Stephen

 
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The Afro. The zoot suit. Hip Hop. Ma Rainey. Boondocks. Aretha Franklin. James Brown. Each of these cultural items is tied not only to personal taste or entertainment value but also to larger political and social issues around race. In this course, we will analyze Black expressive culture (such as in music, art, literature, and television) and Black everyday culture (such as through hair, fashion, and language), and seek answers to two broad questions:

  • What is the relationship between Black culture and the Black freedom struggle?
  • What is the relationship between “Black” culture and “American” culture?

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Enrollment restricted to first-year students

Class Format:

First-Year Seminar
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ISBN: 0912607009 Fire!! : a Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists, Author: Wallace Thurman [Ed.]., Publisher: Fire Press 1985
Required Other Textbook Editions OK.
ISBN: 067974472X The fire next time, Author: James Baldwin., Publisher: Vintage International 1st Vintag 1993
Required
ISBN: 1400048575 The boondocks treasury, Author: Aaron McGruder ; foreword by Michael Moore., Publisher: Three Rivers 1st ed. 2003
Required

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