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AThis seminar addresses the history of the western United States, with particular attention to race, ethnicity and national affiliation. How have the categories race and the nation depended on each other for meaning?
What
are the transhistorical and transnational implications of identity categories, and how are they refracted/experienced through gender and sexuality? How do governments and economic groups use racial ideologies and
nationalisms
to extend and solidify power? Are racialism and nationalism useful categories for political resistance? As a sophomore seminar in the History Department, this course places a strong emphasis on close reading, imagining
and
articulating research questions, evaluating primary materials, and developing practices of scholarly writing.This seminar addresses the history of the western United States, with particular attention to race, ethnicity
and
national affiliation. How have the categories "race" and "the nation" depended on each other for meaning? What are the transhistorical and transnational implications of identity categories, and how are they
refracted/experienced
through gender and sexuality? How do governments and economic groups use racial ideologies and nationalisms to extend and solidify power? Are racialism and nationalism useful categories for political
resistance?
As a
sophomore seminar in the history department, this course places a strong emphasis on close reading, imagining and articulating research questions, evaluating primary materials, and developing practices of scholarly
writing.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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