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Academic Year 2003/2004

Cultural Psychology
PSYC 261 FA

Through essays, novels, videos and film, we will explore the intersection of culture, ideology and psychology. We will examine how gender, ethnicity and class are interwoven in the social fabric and individual identity. Employing feminist, psychoanalytic, and deconstructive interpretive methods, we will try to decipher the many ways we inscribe ourselves in culture.

MAJOR READINGS

R. Ellison, INVISIBLE MAN
G. Hanscombe, BETWEEN FRIENDS
A. Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER
L.E. Wilder, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
E. Santiago, WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN
M. Frye, THE POLITICS OF REALITY
Films: Tongues Untied, The Color Purple, Mitsuye & Nellie.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Paper and project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Applications for the class are available outside Judd Hall Room 306. Psychology majors must take this course graded.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS PSYC    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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