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Academic Year 2004/2005
Race and Racism
AFAM 339 SP
This course will explore a variety of approaches to the study of race and racism through a combination of theoretical readings and historical, sociological or ethnographic case studies. We will explore the intersections
between racial formations, state actions, class hierarchies, gender and sexuality. While this course primarily focuses on analyses or race and racism in the United States, we will also draw more broadly on analyses of
European
and colonial racial discourses.
MAJOR READINGS
Franz Fanon, BLACK SKIN/WHITE MASKS
Ann Stoler, RACE AND THE EDUCATION OF DESIRE: FOUCAULT'S HISTORY OF SEXUALITY AND THE COLONIAL ORDER OF THINGS
Patricia Williams, THE ALCHEMY OF RACE AND RIGHTS
Tomas
Almaguer, RACIAL FAULT LINES
Virginia
Dominguez, WHITE BY DEFINITION: SOCIAL CLASSIFICATION IN CREOLE LOUISIANA
Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua, THIS BRIDGE CALLED OUR BACKS: WRITINGS BY RADICAL WOMEN OF COLOR
Rickie Sollinger, WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE:
SINGLE PREGNANCY AND RACE BEFORE
ROE V. WADE
Steven Gregory, BLACK CORONA: RACE AND THE POLITICS OF PLACE IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY
Escobar, Edward J., 1999, RACE, POLICE, AND THE MAKING OF A POLITICAL IDENTITY: MEXICAN AMERICANS AND THE LOS ANGELES
POLICE DEPARTMENT, 1900-1945
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly response papers, 1 class presentation, choice of one 15-20 page research paper or 2 shorter 6-7 page papers.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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