LAST230 - Race-ing to Nationhood: State Formation and Blackness in the Caribbean

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Academic Year 2001/2002

Race-ing to Nationhood: State Formation and Blackness in the Caribbean
LAST 230 FA

Crosslistings:
ANTH 232
AFAM 231

This course will address the relationship between racial and national formations in several Caribbean contexts. Given the region's long and diverse colonial history, we will explore the ways different sectors of Caribbean populations have conceptualized the relationships between race, ethnicity, nationality, and power within anti-colonial struggles, as well as how these relationships have changed throughout the post-colonial period. Because anti-colonial nationalisms are perhaps best conceptualized as a cultural contest between the hegemonic project of nationalist modernity and the popular challenges to that project at various levels, we will also explore the ways individuals not explicitly connected to various nationalist projects represent themselves, and the extent to which these representations are associated with or diverge from those promoted by nationalist elites.

MAJOR READINGS

ANDERSON, Imagined Communities
ROLPH-TROUILLOT, State Against Nation
FERRER, Insurgent Cuba
MOORE, Nationalizing Blackness
STOLZOFF, Wake the Town and Tell the People
WADE, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
Additional articles.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Over the course of the semester, students will submit five 5-7 page reaction papers summarizing the main points and questions raised by the readings for the week. Final grade will depend on the clarity of thought and synthesis demonstrated within these papers, the extent and nature of contributions to classroom discussions, and a final paper that will take the place of a final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Preference given to LAST, ANTH, and AFAM majors.

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: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS LAST Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: ANTH101 OR ANTH102 OR LAST200

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Thomas,Deborah

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK414

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 30)

SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: 2 FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002