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This cross-cultural course asks how the experiences of migration, immigration, and exile are represented in literature, art, and contemporary political discourse. We will focus our discussion on 20th-century Asian American, African American, and Chicano/a cultural workers including the novelist Carlos Bulosan, the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, the artist Jacob Lawrence, and the poet Lorna Dee Cervantes. Central themes will be drawn from key historical moments such as the Great Migration and wil l include tensions among "model" and other minorities, bilingualism and other borderlands, the American Dream, and the relationship between gender norms and changing labor needs. We will trace shared as well as divergent stylistic strategies employed by newly arrived groups to make sense of their experiences.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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