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Class Detail:
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FA 2012
Afroamerican & African Studies
AAS
103
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First Year Social Science Seminar
Section
002
Understanding Social Problems through Memoirs
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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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Consent:
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With permission of instructor.
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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: 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: 0812981154
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Decoded, Author: Jay-Z., Publisher: Spiegel & Grau 2011 Spieg
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Required
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ISBN: 0143120581
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother., Publisher: Penguin Group USA
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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: 9781594201097
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The golden road : notes on my gentrification, Author: Millner, Caille., Publisher: Penguin Press 2007
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Required
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ISBN: 0982702787
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Transparent, Author: Lemon, Don, 1966-, Publisher: Farrah Gray 2011
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Required
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