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HIST265
Sophomore Seminar: Race and Nation
HIST265 SP
Crosslistings: CHUM191
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 15 | 1 | Times: M...... 1:10PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
This colloquium will examine the links between nationalist
ideologies and beliefs about race and race hierarchy.
Although our main focus will be on the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century United States, we will draw
comparative examples from other areas and time periods. In
particular, we will examine the ways race and nation are
configured in political culture (rhetoric, ritual and
festival), literary texts (novels, scholarship and the
popular press), and performances (minstrel shows,
vaudeville, circus and early film). Topics will include
United States imperial expansion and the belief in Manifest
Destiny; Chinese and Japanese immigration; colonization of
the Phillipines and Puerto Rico; the rise of "Anglo-Saxon"
ideologies; the dissolution and re-creation of "Indian
nations"; the political disenfranchisement of African
Americans; and Marcus Garvey.
MAJOR READINGS
Partial reading list:
Benedict Anderson, IMAGINED COMMUNITIES
Frantz Panon, BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS
Philip Bryan Harper, ARE WE NOT MEN?
Paul Gilroy, THE BLACK ATLANTIC
Rudyard Kipling, KIM
Catherine Lutz and Jane Collins, READING NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC
Toni Morrison, PLAYING IN THE DARK
George W. Stocking, VICTORIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Four to six short writing
assignments.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Potter, C
- Times: M...... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 1, Fr: 0
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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