333. Perspectives in Afro-American History. (3).
(Excl).
Section 101 – Family History Research: A Multi-Ethnic Approach.
This course will explore a variety of research techniques needed
for students to complete a term paper on their individual family
histories. Readings will cover the social history of American
families with a special emphasis upon ethnic variations in family
experiences, lifestyles, customs, values, etc. African
American families and Native American families will be highlighted
and compared to European and Caucasian American families. (Dykes)
203. Issues in Afro-American Development. (3).
(SS).
Section 101 – Political and Economic Thought From 1965-1995: Where
Do We Go From Here? This course seeks to trace the development
of African American political and economic thought from 1965 to the present, in order to show how such current concepts as "deracialization,"
and "the culture of poverty," as well as such ideas
as "afrocentricity" actually have their roots in the
debates of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Among the
texts discussed are: Testament of Hope, Martin Luther
King; The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Harold Cruse; Blacks in Conservative America, Marcus Pohlman; The
Declining Significance of Race, William Julius Wilson; Race
Matters, Cornel West; Black Power, Stokely Carmichael; The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X; select readings
from The Black Scholar. (Spence)
479/Pol. Sci. 479. International Relations of Africa. (3). (SS).
See Political Science 479. (Twumasi)
340/Amer. Cult. 340. A
History of Blacks in American Film. (3). (Excl).
Laboratory fee ($15) required.
Section 101 – The African-American Cinematic Experience.
This course focuses on the developing and burgeoning film industry
emerging from the African American experience and/or its cultural
context. It considers the historical circumstances that have impeded
a reasonable representation of Black Americans in American cinema, while investigating the forms and styles expressed in independent
and commercial productions. This includes an historical overview, but focuses on more recent works since the Civil Rights Movement
of the '60s and '70s. Both documentary and feature films are examined
and considered in terms of their cinematic techniques and aesthetic
characteristics as well as for their social and political themes.
The course will consider major Black directors and will attempt
to view at least one of their works, and preview others. There
will also be a comparative analysis of the feature and the documentary
on Malcolm X. The examination and discussion of the films will
require the use of cinematic vocabulary. (Boyd)
Independent Study and Special Topics
358. Topics in Black World
Studies. (3). (Excl). May be elected for a total
of 6 credits.
Section 101 – Gender and Social Change in 19th and 20th Century
East Africa. Through a focus on gender relations, this course
will explore processes of social change in nineteenth- and twentieth-century
East African history. The main objective of the course is to examine
both how relations between and among men and women shaped social, cultural, economic, and political transformations across these
two centuries and how such transformations reconfigured gender
relations. Concentrating on the geographical areas of present-day
Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, the course will trace the theme of
gender relations through various phases of East African history:
pre-colonial political and economic formations; slavery and long
distance trading systems; the installations and elaboration of
colonialism; urbanization and labor migrancy; nationalist political
struggles and the attainment of Independence; and post-colonial
conditions. Class discussions and writing assignments will draw
on a range of source materials including historical monographs
and articles, ethnographies, life histories, novels, and film.
(Thomas)
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